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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) coun

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) coun
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield, ex-Ponte, ex-Hudson, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-17b; Cal-1108. 8.63 grams. Odd shape with prominent bulge that is a bit bent due to the deep countermark next to it at bottom right of well-detailed shield (off-center), the crown also well detailed but the cross weaker, albeit with bold full 51 of date, lightly toned, thin from corrosion. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Louis Hudson Collection (Sedwick Auction 6, lot 355), also plated on page 330 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