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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, transitional Type VIII/B variant with unique motto as PLV-SVLT

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, transitional Type VIII/B variant with unique motto as PLV-SVLT
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, transitional Type VIII/B variant with unique motto as PLV-SVLT-RA, 1-PH-6 at top, plate coin in Janson. Janson-18.8.4; S-P37; KM-A20.8; CT-433. 23.9 grams. This unique discovery coin apparently went unnoticed in 1999 when it was sold in Ponterio, but now it appears as #18.8.4 in the Janson reference (an exceptionally complete study for transitionals), which demonstrates that while the rest of the coin conforms to the common post-transitional style of cross and pillars-and-waves, the motto on this coin is split unlike any other, with SVLT in the middle section. There is some surface corrosion, but the strike is bold, making for good full pillars-and-waves and full cross, 2 dates and assayers and mintmarks, lightly toned. An essential coin for the advanced 1652 transitional researcher, or for the Potosi 8R collector who has everything else! With original certificate from the salvagers, and pedigreed to the Ponterio sale of April, 1999 (lot #318) and plate coin in Janson's La Moneda Circulante en el Territorio Argentino (2010). From the Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador