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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1620 T, upper half of shield transposed, Grade 1, ex-Christie's (1988

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1620 T, upper half of shield transposed, Grade 1, ex-Christie's (1988
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1620 T, upper half of shield transposed, Grade 1, ex-Christie's (1988). S-P21; KM-10; Cal-929. 26.52 grams. Odd-shaped flan (as made) with good full shield and cross, just the O of the date visible (not mentioned on tag or certificate), hairline edge-split, spotty toning. With Fisher tag and certificate 85A-174151, pedigreed to the Christie's (New York) auction of June 1988, with original lot-sticker 295-1, and to the RWB Reference Collection of Atocha dated cobs. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida