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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650 O, fine style, with crowned-L countermark on cross, NGC XF detai

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650 O, fine style, with crowned-L countermark on cross, NGC XF detai
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650 O, fine style, with crowned-L countermark on cross, NGC XF details / saltwater damage / Capitana (Shipwreck Blue Label). S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 24.18 grams. Broad flan with good full shield flanked by vertical .P.O. and .8.O., bold king's ordinal IIII in legend, choice full countermark on bottom half of full cross, above which you can see just the bottom of the 0 of the date in the legend (NGC calls it 1651-2 in error and omits the assayer), minimal surface corrosion, nice light toning, only tiny edge-splits. With original (generic) Herman Moro certificate. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador
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