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

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:480.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A. S-P37; KM-A20.7; CT-unl. 23.49 grams. Solid coin despite surface corrosion, bold full pillars and shield and crown, three dates, toned on fields, with HP monogram at top above a clear dot instead of denomination 8 (very rare). Also, curiously, the X in REX is not a letter-punch but instead was engraved into the die as two intersecting diagonal lines. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador