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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651, assayer not visible, with crowned-P countermark on cross (very

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651, assayer not visible, with crowned-P countermark on cross (very
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651, assayer not visible, with crowned-P countermark on cross (very rare). KM-19b. 23.7 grams. Perfectly full countermark (possibly the best example known of Ullian Type K, rated at "U-1" [2-5 known]), full final digit of date, rest of coin weaker and somewhat corroded, lightly toned. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador