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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, very rare, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield,

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, very rare, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield,
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, very rare, with crowned-•F• (two dots) countermark on shield, ex-Maravillas, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1492. 25.48 grams. Oblong flan due to tangential edge-loss (rest of coin corrosion-free), with bold and nearly full countermark at top of full shield, full cross with half of 165 and clear bottom of 2 of date, small edge-split, toned AVF. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 22 (lot 356) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 153 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 340 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.