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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with 2 countermarks (rare): crowned-L on cross and crowned

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with 2 countermarks (rare): crowned-L on cross and crowned
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with 2 countermarks (rare): crowned-L on cross and crowned-.F. on shield. S-P36; KM-19b. 22.6 grams. Light to moderate surface corrosion and spotty toning but with both countermarks bold, also full shield and cross, king's ordinal IIII, small edge-splits. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador