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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1625 P, quadrants of cross transposed, "flat" lions, very rare, PCGS

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1625 P, quadrants of cross transposed,  flat  lions, very rare, PCGS
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1625 P, quadrants of cross transposed, "flat" lions, very rare, PCGS VF20, finest and only example in PCGS census, ex-Sellschopp (Plate). S-P23; KM-19a; Cal-1443. 27.02 grams. Very bold full shield and (slightly doubled) cross with full final digit of date that looks like a 9 but is actually a 5, followed by erroneous ETD, full king's ordinal IIII, clear assayer P below + ornament (normally a • in this period, per the next lot), contrastingly toned. Note: Hairline crack in slab. Pedigreed to the Sellschopp Collection (stated on label), Plate Coin 438 in his 1971 book Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí, also lot 641 in the Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, with Sedwick photo-certificate.
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