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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1656 E, PH at top, •8• above cross.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Coins Start Price:325.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1656 E, PH at top, •8• above cross.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1656 E, PH at top, •8• above cross. S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1513. 26.56 grams. Broad flan with much peripheral flatness (and parts of edge crude) but with bold full pillars showing a trace of left side of PH (doubled) above, good full cross despite streaks of surface corrosion and patchy light toning interspersed with spots of pristine luster, all three mintmarks and assayers and parts of all three dates. With original JWI plastic tag 00001007. Recovered from: “Jupiter Wreck” (San Miguel Arcángel), sunk in 1659 off the east coast of Florida