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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B), 1-PH-6 at top.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B), 1-PH-6 at top.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B), 1-PH-6 at top. 26.68 grams. "Royal-like" specimen with full and even details all over (just not round), amounting to all three dates and mintmarks and assayers being visible, very slightly doubled on the pillars side and with light old scrapes on the cross, also slightly bent, but with nice, contrasting toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador