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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned backwards-L countermark (very rare) on shield

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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned backwards-L countermark (very rare) on shield
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned backwards-L countermark (very rare) on shield side. S-P35, KM-19b. 20.0 grams. Totally complete countermark (so rare as to be virtually unknown until the Capitana sale in 1999) on full shield with bold assayer, horrible cross side due to corrosion, minor edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Recovered from: Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador