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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, with crowned-dot-F-dot countermark on shield.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, with crowned-dot-F-dot countermark on shield.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, with crowned-dot-F-dot countermark on shield. S-P36; KM-19b; CT-511. 26.16 grams. Bold full countermark on full shield below full crown, bold full P-E to left, good full cross (albeit weakly struck) with clear date, nicely toned, light corrosion around edge only. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 1999, with original lot-tag #194 and generic certificate from the salvagers. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador