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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (1640s), ex-Sotheby's.

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (1640s), ex-Sotheby's.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (1640s), ex-Sotheby's. KM-19a; Cal-Type 327. 18.54 grams. Widely doubled piece but with full king's name showing, dark surfaces yet only mildly corroded, rare provenance. Pedigreed to the Sotheby's (London) auction of December 2000 (lot 584), with Sedwick certificate from 2002. Recovered from: "San Francisco Wreck," sunk ca. 1647 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa