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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-script-L countermark on cross (very

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-script-L countermark on cross (very
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crowned-script-L countermark on cross (very rare), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 25.80 grams. Solid VF with minimal corrosion, good full shield and cross, the latter with choice full countermark on lower-right quadrant, bold P-O and 8-O, toned in crevices. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 12 (lot 482) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 172 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.