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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (late 3rd period), ex-Ponte, ex-Sellschopp (Plat

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (late 3rd period), ex-Ponte, ex-Sellschopp (Plat
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (late 3rd period), ex-Ponte, ex-Sellschopp (Plate), Grunthal-Sellschopp Plate. S-P10; KM-5.1; Cal-672. 27.34 grams. Broad flan with choice full crown and legends, perfect inner details including distinctively crude four-window castles with large doorways, richly toned XF+, clearly a photogenic coin with great pedigree. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and to the Sellschopp Collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, lot 512), Plate Coin 182 in his book Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí (1971), also plate coin on page 144 of Grunthal-Sellschopp's The Coinage of Peru (1978).