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Lot of 2 Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayers Q and not visible, both Grade 2, with E

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Lot of 2 Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayers Q and not visible, both Grade 2, with E
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Lot of 2 Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayers Q and not visible, both Grade 2, with Edward J. Little signatures on certificates. KM-8. 12.9 grams total. The assayer-Q piece with bold P-Q and full but doubled and/or partially flat shield and cross (quadrants transposed) and with light corrosion, the other coin uncorroded but crudely struck, both pedigreed to the cartographer who pinpointed the "mother lode" in 1985. With Fisher certificates #131810 and 132834, and pedigreed to the Edward J. Little collection. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida