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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, dot-PH-dot at top.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, dot-PH-dot at top.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, dot-PH-dot at top. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-437. 24.1 grams. Bold date between nearly full pillars, good full cross with full second date below, 3 mintmarks, much flatness but minimal corrosion, toned on fields, edge-split. With certificate from the salvagers, and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection, our Auction #6, lot 367. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador