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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer M/R, extremely rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:2,800.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer M/R, extremely rare.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer M/R, extremely rare. S-P2; KM-5.1; Cal-unl (Type 195). 27.34 grams. Broad flan with nearly full legends (including D,G,ISPANIARVM) and very choice full inner details, the shield and cross-lions-castles exceptionally bold and so well detailed as to be easily matched with Rincón dies, the M/R also very clear and bold (as are the mintmark and denomination), which is why this was the first 8 reales to be identified as such to establish physically that undocumented assayer M was definitively the second assayer of Potosí. AXF with toning around details, crudely holed at bottom of shield. It is worth noting that the obverse of Sellschopp-29 / Paoletti-49 is a die-match with this coin, but neither author recognized it as M/R.