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

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) Z, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on shield, ex-P
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1649) Z, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on shield, ex-Ponte, ex-Ponterio, Mastalir Plate. S-P34; KM-19a; Cal-1485. 26.39 grams. Solid and uncorroded, with very bold full P-Z to left of choice full shield bearing an unusual style of crown-alone countermark in center, bold full cross with scrapes from salvage, doubling on date (not visible but assumed to be 1649), contrastingly toned. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Ponterio "La Capitana" auction of April 1999 (lot 226), also plated on page 378 of Mastalir's book The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint, 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part B: The Countermarks of 1652 (2020). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador