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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1651O, with rare crown-alone countermark on cross, ex-Ponterio.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1651O, with rare crown-alone countermark on cross, ex-Ponterio.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1651O, with rare crown-alone countermark on cross, ex-Ponterio. S-P35; KM-17b. 9.47 grams. Very full and bold date and half of countermark on uncorroded cross side, the shield full too and with bold P-O to left but with moderate surface corrosion, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Capitana auction (Ponterio April 1999), with original lot-tag #37. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador