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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-P38; KM-26; Cal-714. 19.79 grams. Broad flan with full pillars-and-waves and off-center cross, clear date and assayer, all rather smooth and worn thin from corrosion, abraded from harsh cleaning and with dark spots of "horn silver" here and there. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 230 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), with Sedwick certificate from 2002. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador