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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E, with crowned-P countermark (rare) on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-P

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E, with crowned-P countermark (rare) on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-P
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E, with crowned-P countermark (rare) on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1491. 23.66 grams. Bold full countermark filling top-left quadrant of cross with clear date beyond, double-struck shield with most of crown and king's name, a bit weak (VG) and thin from corrosion, with some light toning. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 12 (lot 503) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 202 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.