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Clump of three Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, dated 1663E, 1677E and 1679 (assayer not visible), ex-

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Clump of three Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, dated 1663E, 1677E and 1679 (assayer not visible), ex-
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Clump of three Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, dated 1663E, 1677E and 1679 (assayer not visible), ex-Spink. 52.88 grams total. All three coins a bit thin but with good details (including date) as partially cleaned (also nicely toned), yet still solidly anchored together with dark encrustation hidden inside the stack. Pedigreed to the Spink (New York) auction of December 2001, with original lot-tag #743 and with "Isla de Muerto Shipwreck" tag #04900. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador