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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, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-17b; Cal-Type 279. 8.78 grams. Moderately corroded and thin but with nearly full countermark on top half of off-center shield with full 4-E to right, weak cross, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 329 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: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island