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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) (O or E), with crown-alone (oval base, no border, rare) cou

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) (O or E), with crown-alone (oval base, no border, rare) cou
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) (O or E), with crown-alone (oval base, no border, rare) countermark on shield and crowned-L countermark on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. KM-19b; Cal-Type 327. 16.77 grams. Very thin from corrosion but deeply toned (VG details) and with both countermarks very clear, the crown-alone countermark in middle of shield very rare (this in fact being the only one known of subtype K10c), the other countermark (common) in lower-right quadrant of cross. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 382 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.