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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned-O and crown-alone countermark on shield (ve

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned-O and crown-alone countermark on shield (ve
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned-O and crown-alone countermark on shield (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-Type 327. 16.28 grams. Thin from corrosion but with full shield and good toning (About Fine overall), the countermarks both bold (the crowned-O scarce) but almost totally overlapping in the upper half of the shield, clear king's ordinal IIII in legend. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 266 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 (2021).