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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, no countermark, rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, no countermark, rare.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, no countermark, rare. S-P36; KM-19b ;CT-511. 26.59 grams. Choice full inner details (shield and cross, P-E and 8-E) with nicely contrasting toning, bold king's ordinal and part of name in legend, well centered and corrosion-free, with dent at top of cross that may have been mistaken in its time for a legitimizing countermark. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador