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

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1660s-1740s Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E post-transitional (transitional Type VIII/B), 1-PH-6 at top, ex
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E post-transitional (transitional Type VIII/B), 1-PH-6 at top, ex-Christie's. S-P37a; KM-21 ;CT-434. Superb full pillars side with almost Royal-like details, the cross side full too but doubled and lightly corroded, all slightly off-center but nicely toned, three dates, full EL PERV and king's ordinal IIII, desirable original pedigree and unusual provenance that is famous for its circumstances of sinking being collision with a whale (whose bones were found under the keel). Pedigreed to the Christie's (Amsterdam) auction of March 1983, with original lot-tag #506. Recovered from: "Standing Cannon wreck," sunk ca. 1690 off Bay of All Saints, Brazil