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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-C and crown-alone (rare variety) cou

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-C and crown-alone (rare variety) cou
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-C and crown-alone (rare variety) countermarks on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Maravillas, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 24.51 grams. Oblong flan due to corrosion on one side, still with full shield and cross, the latter with clear date, one full countermark at top and most of second countermark at edge on right, lightly toned Fine overall. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 20 (lot 367) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 179 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 69 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.