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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (late 1620s), "hunched over" lions.

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (late 1620s),  hunched over  lions.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (late 1620s), "hunched over" lions. KM-19a; Cal-Type 327. 25.37 grams. Choice full cross and shield (both very slightly doubled at bottom), trace of denomination O-VIII to right and mintmark P to left, attractively toned and with only small spots of pitting near edge. With original certificate from Captain Tracy Bowden through his Concepción contract with the Dominican Republic. Recovered from: Concepción, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola