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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-"S/X" (assayer B), rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P- S/X  (assayer B), rare.
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-"S/X" (assayer B), rare. S-P8, KM-5.1. 26.7 grams. This is perhaps the clearest example known of the now-famous "S/X issue" of assayer B, the S/X believed to be an early attempt to craft a letter B using standard punches (since B was not one of the letters in the legends), with nice full shield and cross, particularly pronounced tressure, much legend, lightly toned Fine+ with hole at top, same dies as lot #681 in the June, 1993, Ponterio auction, which sold for $1,155.