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Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1776PR, encapsulated NGC MS-62, accompanied by an orig

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Potosí, Bolivia,  bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1776PR, encapsulated NGC MS-62, accompanied by an orig
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Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1776PR, encapsulated NGC MS-62, accompanied by an original Spanish colonial document from Bolivia dated 1776. CT-883, KM-55, CT-977. Rare grade of a very desirable date, in fact the best specimen we have ever offered of this highly popular date, very lustrous and perfectly detailed, slightly off-center strike, an eye-catching coin to be sure, packaged with an original document of 29 pages, with seals, dated at the end July 8, 1776. This lengthy legal document (begun in October 9, 1771) concerns a trial over properties and sale of land and products, with the later part 5 years later showing the official succession of these things to the owner's widow and others, with "un quartillo" and 4 official seals (like modern "doc stamps") at the top and top left of 2 sheets dated 1758-9, 1762-4 (with city name "POTOSY") and 1771-2 and bearing the names and arms of Ferdinand VI and Charles III, plus a blank sheet at the end with "un real" above only a 1780-1 seal with arms of Charles III arms, but significantly hand-dated July 8, 1776 (four days after the U.S. Declaration of Independence!), just above the signatures at the end, the script very legible and tighter than in earlier years, the pages themselves in great condition, with some of the original binding string still attached.