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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, (1652E) Transitional, McLean Type IIb, Mastalir Plate Coin.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, (1652E) Transitional, McLean Type IIb, Mastalir Plate Coin.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, (1652E) Transitional, McLean Type IIb, Mastalir Plate Coin. S-P37; KM-unl; Cal-unl. 0.91 gram. Important little coin with motto as (P)-LV-SV / (L)-TR-A whose last letter is an upside-down V punched over an L, one full pillar (off-center) and most of waves, good full cross (also off-center), porous AVF with dark toning in crevices. Plate Coin #111b.2(3) on pp. 264-5 in Mastalir's book The Great Transition at the Potosi Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional Minor Denominations 4, 2, 1 and 1/2 Reales (2016), also pedigreed to our Auctions 2 (lot #356) and 14 (lot #1417), and to UBS auction 70 (March 2007), lot #89.