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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-2)(O or E), with 2 countermarks (very rare): crown alone (commo

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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-2)(O or E), with 2 countermarks (very rare): crown alone (commo
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-2)(O or E), with 2 countermarks (very rare): crown alone (common) on shield side and brockage error on cross side (very rare), crowned P (rare) on cross side, KM Plate Coin. KM-17b. 14.0 grams. Very clear and full P countermark in center of cross right next to a bold reverse impression of the other countermark due to slippage of the coin during hammering, no corrosion (actually overweight!) but parts of edge crude. Pedigreed to the Ponterio Capitana auction, lot 38 (Plate Coin), and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection and Plate Coin in KM (#17b). Recovered from: Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador