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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)51E, with rare crown-alone countermark on cross, choice. S-P36; K

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)51E, with rare crown-alone countermark on cross, choice. S-P36; K
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)51E, with rare crown-alone countermark on cross, choice. S-P36; KM-19b; CT-511. 27.2 grams. Superb specimen, totally uncorroded, with well-detailed full shield and cross, 2 assayers, king's ordinal IIII, and (best of all) nearly full countermark with crown that looks like a jester's cap (Janson-Type E, 5-10 known), richly toned all over, even with parts of edge as sharp as the day this coin was made. From the Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island