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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on cross

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on cross
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on cross (very rare on that side), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 23.19 grams. Very deep countermark in upper-right quadrant of full cross with clear date in ample legend, full shield (slightly doubled at top) with two clear assayers, lightly toned VF with some thinning around edge from corrosion. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 12 (lot 489) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 184 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 342 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.