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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(65)1E, with 3 countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned C (ra

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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(65)1E, with 3 countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned C (ra
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(65)1E, with 3 countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned C (rare), crown alone (very rare) and arms. S-P36, KM-19b, CT-511. 26.6 grams. Broad and very solid planchet (no corrosion) with 2 full and rare countermarks in the center of the full cross and a slightly more common arms countermark in the periphery (very rare combination), the shield full but weak but surrounded by a clear P-E and 8-E and crown. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Recovered from: Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador