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Potosi, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1793PR, with English countermark of George III on bust (

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 225.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1793PR, with English countermark of George III on bust (
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Potosi, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1793PR, with English countermark of George III on bust (1797), very rare as from a wreck. KM-73; CT-714. 22.7 grams. The boldest thing on this moderately corroded coin is the countermark in the king's neck, a scarce and popular issue that is almost never found on a wreck, the rest of the coin with fairly clear details, with patches of dark encrustation (especially on the reverse). From: Unidentified early-1800s wreck off Cadiz, Spain