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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649O/sR, with crowned-•F• countermark on shield.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649O/sR, with crowned-•F• countermark on shield.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649O/sR, with crowned-•F• countermark on shield. S-P35; KM-19b; CT-unl. 26.06 grams. Very solid specimen with good full shield (also full countermark) and cross, weak date but fairly clear assayer (including the strange sR under-assayer, presumably Rodas' ill-advised initial use of an R), bold king's ordinal IIII, toned all over, with minor corrosion near edge on reverse and typical edge-split. With original Humphreys certificate #91-8R-0219, and pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of March 1995, with original lot-tag #1109. Recovered from: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island.