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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (163)1(T), ex-Jones (Plate Coin).

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (163)1(T), ex-Jones (Plate Coin).
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (163)1(T), ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-P26; KM-19a; Cal-1456. 21.42 grams. Bold 1 of date outside of off-center cross with one full lion and some surface corrosion, the shield side heavily pitted and some edge-loss as well. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 225 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), with original tag and large folio-type certificate #18311. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola