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

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E, with crowned-arms countermark on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E, with crowned-arms countermark on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1491. 27.16 grams. Solid and nearly corrosion-free with choice but slightly off-center full shield and cross, the former with curiously raised diagonal line for Brabant (unique thus) and the latter with clear date and very bold but typically partial countermark on right edge, VF with light toning in crevices. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 15 (lot 487) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 205 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 55 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.