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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 E, with crown-alone (rare variety) countermark on cross, ex-Pont

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 E, with crown-alone (rare variety) countermark on cross, ex-Pont
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 E, with crown-alone (rare variety) countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-17b; Cal-1108. 7.70 grams. Decent cross (slightly off-center) with large countermark to right near edge (cracked as a result), partial date in legend, most of shield with clear 4-E to right, nicely toned but corroded and thin. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 306 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