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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on sh

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on sh
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on shield and crowned-O countermark on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 18.64 grams. Thin and corroded but with bold VF details including full shield and 50 of date, two bold assayers, about half of each countermark (both near center), edge-split, contrastingly toned. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 185 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 272 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.