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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C, flipover double-strike, Seliger Plate Coin.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C, flipover double-strike, Seliger Plate Coin.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C, flipover double-strike, Seliger Plate Coin. S-P38; KM-26; CT-357. 20.32 grams. Bold full pillars-and-waves (slightly doubled) with clear date and two assayers, bold full cross on other side with pillars design repeated on that side, bold second date, moderate corrosion, nicely toned. With ROBCAR photo-certificate #M003384, plated on page 102 of Isla el Muerto and the Treasures of the Consolacion (2nd ed, 2008), by William Gene Seliger. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador