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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, (1622) A, mintmark RN, rare, no Grade.

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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, (1622) A, mintmark RN, rare, no Grade.
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, (1622) A, mintmark RN, rare, no Grade. Restrepo-M42.1; S-B1; KM-3.2; Cal-1534. 21.51 grams. Well-detailed full shield with bold assayer A to right (weaker RN to left), the full cross-lions-castles also remarkably well detailed despite light surface corrosion, faint 62 of date visible too, with pomegranate in center of shield (once believed to indicate the difference between Cartagena and Bogota) as from the second die used in 1622 only. With original Fisher tag and certificate 86A-109168, pedigreed to the David Scott Vapnitsky collection. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida