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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679/8C/E, very rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679/8C/E, very rare.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679/8C/E, very rare. 25.45 grams. Doubled and off-center pillars side with one full pillar atop bold waves with two clear assayers (clean C), POTOSI in legend, the cross full but also off-center with clear C/E to right and date with 9 punched over an erased 8 below (1679E does not exist, assayer E having died in November of 1678), lightly toned VF with small edge-split. From the Marco Gardini collection of Potosi cob 8 reales.