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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E Transitional Type IV/A, ex-McClung.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E Transitional Type IV/A, ex-McClung.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E Transitional Type IV/A, ex-McClung. S-P37; KM-A20.4; Cal-1493. 26.51 grams. Broad flan with choice full pillars-and-waves (with traces of 30-degree rotated double-strike) containing (F)-8-IIII across top, PLV-SVL-TRA across middle, and E-8-( E) across middle, 1652 date in legend, also nice full crown above shield-lions-castles with full A-P-8 to left (the 8 doubled per the same 30-degree rotation on pillars side) and O-E-52 to right, minimal surface corrosion, toning in crevices. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung Collection. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador