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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1692VR, ex-Christie's.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1692VR, ex-Christie's.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1692VR, ex-Christie's. S-P40; KM-26; CT-378. 26.30 grams. Solid flan with minimal surface corrosion and spotty toning, full pillars and cross, two pillars-side dates and assayers, much nicer than most from this important wreck linked to colonial New York. Pedigreed to the original Christie's auction of February 1989, with original lot-tag #985. Recovered from: Feversham, sunk in 1711 off Nova Scotia, Canada