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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to left, lions and castles tr

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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to left, lions and castles tr
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to left, lions and castles transposed in shield and cross, flipover double-strike, NGC VF details / saltwater damage / Concepcion (Shipwreck Blue Label). Restrepo-M44.12; S-B5; KM-3.3; Cal-Type 337. 22.56 grams. Full assayer A (1632-42) to left of bold full shield struck over bold cross rotated 30 degrees, the actual cross side corroded but with trace of shield under full cross, deeply toned all over, a fascinating coin! Pedigreed to the Ponterio & Associates Inc auction of February 1993 (with original lot-tag 1924) as well as the Henry Christensen auction of May 1982 (with original lot-tag 981132), and to the 45th Anniversary Collection, with original tag 407 and official (generic) Letter of Authenticity. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola
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