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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas (1656), ex

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas (1656), ex
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-L countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas (1656), ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P34; KM-19a; Cal-1485. 23.74 grams. Bold full cross with almost 100% countermark to left, full 49 date at top, bold P-Z on off-center shield side, VF with light toning, light corrosion on edge, two edge-splits. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and to Sedwick Auction 20 (lot 356), Plate Coin on page 37 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 115 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.