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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O/Z, rare, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas (1

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O/Z, rare, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas (1
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O/Z, rare, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas (1656), ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1486. 25.85 grams. Full date 1649 (the 6 doubled) outside of full but weak cross with 100% countermark in epicenter, good full shield (also partially weak) with clear P-O/Z to left and denomination •oo• to right, nicely toned Fine with light corrosion only on edge. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 49 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part A: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage (2021) and on page 121 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.