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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1727 Y, Louis I, rare, ex-Calbetó (Plate).

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1727 Y, Louis I, rare, ex-Calbetó (Plate).
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1727 Y, Louis I, rare, ex-Calbetó (Plate). S-P43b; KM-35; Cal-50. 25.63 grams. Rounded flan (lightly shaved around edge) with bold full cross and pillars, three full dates (particularly rare thus), three assayers, king's ordinal I visible in legend, VF with toned fields, dark patch of oxidation near edge. Plate Coin 1166a in Calbetó's Compendio de las piezas de ocho reales (1970), also pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of May 1987, with original lot-tag 828.