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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1658E, pomegranate above cross.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1658E, pomegranate above cross.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1658E, pomegranate above cross. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-446. 25.59 grams. No corrosion (rare for this wreck) but with much flatness and large edge-split, the pillars-and-waves and cross still full (just weak) and with contrasting toning in crevices, two dates, three mintmarks and assayers. Recovered from: San Miguel el Arcangel ("Jupiter wreck"), sunk in 1659 off the east coast of Florida