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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650) O, no countermark (rare), Mastalir Plate.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650) O, no countermark (rare), Mastalir Plate.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650) O, no countermark (rare), Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 26.86 grams. Very rare subtype lacking dots above/below/between the mintmark and assayer and denomination (clear P-O and 8-O), nicely toned AVF with full but doubled and partially flat shield and cross, strange depression above shield caused by the double-striking, natural lacuna to right of cross, rare as non-salvage. Pedigreed to the Roberto Mastalir Collection of Countermarked Potosi Cobs, Plate Coin (page 451 in Part B) in his book The Great Transition at the Potosi Mint, 1649-1653, The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652 (2021).