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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, very rare, with crowned-•T• countermark (rare) on shield, ex-

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, very rare, with crowned-•T• countermark (rare) on shield, ex-
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, very rare, with crowned-•T• countermark (rare) on shield, ex-Maravillas, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1492. 22.70 grams. Thin from corrosion but well centered on a broad, round flan (toned AVF), with nearly full countermark in epicenter of full shield, bold E to left and 8 to right, full but weaker cross-and-tressure with bold full digit 2 of date. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 20 (lot 409) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 154 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 316 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.