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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) O/sR, rare, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Capitana (

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) O/sR, rare, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Capitana (
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) O/sR, rare, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Capitana (1654), ex-Hudson, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-unl (Type 327). 25.49 grams. Solid but very lightly surface-corroded Fine with full and clear P-O/sR to left of full shield, full but doubled cross with full countermark in center, lightly toned in crevices, one edge-crack. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and to the Louis Hudson Collection (Sedwick Auction 6, lot 296), Plate Coin on page 45 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.