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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-S countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-S countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-S countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P34; KM-19a; Cal-1485. 21.67 grams. Very broad, thin flan with choice full countermark (very scarce) on top half of full cross (lightly corroded) with clear date (full 1 and 9), full but off-center shield with just the bottom of the assayer visible, patchy toning all over. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 210 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