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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A, Mastalir Plate Coin.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A, Mastalir Plate Coin.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A, Mastalir Plate Coin. S-P37; KM-A20.7; Cal-1496. 10.65 grams. Thin and rather underweight from corrosion yet with clear pillars and bold full shield (both with full crown above), lightly toned all over. Plate Coin #VII.1-A.aa (6) 2 on page 161 of Mastalir's book The Great Transition at the Potosi Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional 8 Reales (2015), and pedigreed to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #1783, with original Herman Moro certificate. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador