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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1636 (A), lions and castles transposed in shield and cross, very rar

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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1636 (A), lions and castles transposed in shield and cross, very rar
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1636 (A), lions and castles transposed in shield and cross, very rare, NGC VF details / saltwater damage / Concepcion (Shipwreck Blue Label). Restrepo-M44.12 (date not listed); S-B5; KM-unl (3.3 for type); Cal-unl (Type 337). 26.26 grams. Choice full cross with particularly well-detailed lions and castles, full 63 and weak but certain final 6 of date (to which NGC did not commit), first we have seen or heard of, the shield and crown nearly full but slightly surface-corroded (assayer A to left not visible), nicely toned all over. Pedigreed to the Ponterio & Associates Inc auction of February 1993 (with original lot-tag 1923) as well as the Henry Christensen auction of May 1982 (with original lot-tag 981131), and to the 45th Anniversary Collection, with original tag 408 and official (generic) Letter of Authenticity. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola
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