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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex-Pont

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex-Pont
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P34; KM-19a; Cal-1485. 26.27 grams. Bold 9 of date and ANO outside of full cross with partial countermark at bottom right, choice full shield with very bold full Z assayer to left, nicely toned XF with faint surface porosity. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 33 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 240 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.