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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1657E.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1660s-1740s Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 225.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1657E.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1657E. S-P37a; KM-21. 20.1 grams. Roundish flan with very bold full pillars, the 2 (each) mintmarks and assayers especially bold, the cross weaker but still full, with second date below, light surface corrosion all over, nicely toned, corroded at top of pillars where either a PH or a pomegranate should appear. With photo-certificate #M100122 from the salvagers. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador