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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermar

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermar
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield, ex-Ponte, ex-Hudson, ex-Ponterio, ex-Bir, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-17b; Cal-Type 279. 12.72 grams. Uncorroded but peripherally flat, with nice but off-center cross and well-detailed upper half of shield, nearly full countermark to left that caused an edge-split there (smaller split at top and part of edge slightly bent), lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Louis Hudson Collection (Sedwick Auction 6, lot 361), also to the Mark Bir Collection and the Ponterio "La Capitana" auction of April 1999), and plated on page 346 of Mastalir's book The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint, 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part B: The Countermarks of 1652 (2020). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador