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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, PH at top, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, PH at top, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, PH at top, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1503. 21.63 grams. Round flan with bold full pillars-and-waves, full but slightly off-center cross-lions-castles, bold king's ordinal IIII in legend, light surface corrosion and tan toning all over. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 227 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), with Sedwick photo-certificate. Recovered from: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island