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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) O, with crowned-T countermarks (two different) on shield and c

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) O, with crowned-T countermarks (two different) on shield and c
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) O, with crowned-T countermarks (two different) on shield and cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1487. 19.85 grams. Bold strike (VF details) but with light corrosion, nearly full countermark at bottom of full shield with full •P-O• to left and •8• to right, good full cross with clear second countermark to right, toned in crevices. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 55 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 227 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.