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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O (modern 5), with crowned-G countermark (rare) on cross.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O (modern 5), with crowned-G countermark (rare) on cross.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O (modern 5), with crowned-G countermark (rare) on cross. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 26.80 grams. Very broad flan with choice full inner details including 100% full countermark, lots of legend with most of date (the 5 rendered as a modern-looking digit, as opposed to the usual "Spanish 5"), attractively toned, with traces of corrosion only around edge. With original Herman Moro certificate. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador