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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-L countermark on cross, NGC VF details / saltwat

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-L countermark on cross, NGC VF details / saltwat
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649 Z, with crowned-L countermark on cross, NGC VF details / saltwater damage / Maravillas (Shipwreck Blue Label). S-P34; KM-19a; Cal-1485. 27.89 grams. Broad flan with minimal surface pitting (and oddly overweight), clear full date outside of full but doubled cross with nearly full countermark in middle, good full shield with partial Z assayer to left and full denomination 8 to right (slightly doubled), patchy dark toning all over. With original Sedwick photo-certificate number 233. Recovered from: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island
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