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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1652, assayer PoRAS to left, rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).

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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1652, assayer PoRAS to left, rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1652, assayer PoRAS to left, rare, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-B7; Restrepo-M46.10; Cal-1550. 25.82 grams. Massive flan with bold full pillars and full but partially weak shield, clear date and assayer, crude edge (as made), no contrast, net VF with light surface porosity. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 192 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Cayon auction of February 2012, with original lot-tag #315.