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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)(O?), with crowned c (?) countermark (rare) on cross side.

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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)(O?), with crowned c (?) countermark (rare) on cross side.
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)(O?), with crowned c (?) countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 16.6 grams. Nearly full countermark with what appears to be a small G or c (both rare) below the crown in a border, full but doubled shield and cross, most of crown, bold denomination 8, some corrosion but good toning. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Recovered from: Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador