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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cro

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cro
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-17b; Cal-1108. 7.25 grams. Bold bottom half of countermark below clear 51 of date, well-detailed full shield despite moderate corrosion and thinning, toned all over. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 382 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), also pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 15 (lot 491). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador