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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650)O, with crown alone countermark (very rare) on cross side.

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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650)O, with crown alone countermark (very rare) on cross side.
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650)O, with crown alone countermark (very rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 27.1 grams. Very darkly toned, with full shield and cross, no corrosion but one edge-split, the countermark in center with distinctive border of tiny dots (the crown not really visible). Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Recovered from: Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador