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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield,

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield,
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1491. 27.08 grams. Solid AXF with no corrosion but spots of dark encrustation (probably from the Maravillas shipwreck of 1656), lightly toned, with full and bold countermark in top left of nice full shield with full crown above, king's name in legend, full but weaker cross with curious multiple brockage of countermarks in upper-left quadrant inside full date, hairline edge-split. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 139 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 337 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.