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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E/O, with crowned-O countermark on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte,

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E/O, with crowned-O countermark on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte,
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E/O, with crowned-O countermark on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1490. 26.95 grams. Sold, corrosion-free VF with light toning, bold E/O to left of doubled shield with bold king's ordinal IIII in legend, nearly full countermark (scarce) on left arm of full cross-and-tressure, full date in ample legend. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 15 (lot 485) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 195 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 181 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.