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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-L countermark on cross, Mastalir Plat

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-L countermark on cross, Mastalir Plat
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 (modern 5) E, with crowned-L countermark on cross, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1491. 26.48 grams. Full date with very bold 5 in modern style outside of full but slightly doubled cross with nearly full countermark in center, the shield also full but doubled with full king's name and ordinal in legend, solid and corrosion-free but with some greenish oxidation within the light golden toning, tiny edge-split. Plate Coin on page 133 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 (2020). Recovered from: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island