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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-L countermark on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 14.23 grams. Rather thin from corrosion but with bold full countermark on left part of shield, clear 8-O to right, most of second countermark near center of cross, faint 1650 date with Spanish 5, VG overall with some light toning. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 264 of Mastalir's 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.