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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1696VR.

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, 1696VR.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1696VR. 25.77 grams. Choice full pillars and crown with bold date in legend, decent full cross with date below and bold assayer to right, light surface corrosion (solid flan), toned around details. Pedigreed to the Thomas Gray collection and formerly displayed at the ANA Money Museum's "Treasures of the Deep" exhibit (2014-15), also pedigreed to our Auction #13, with original lot-tag #681 and our photo-certificate. Recovered from: Unidentified ca.-1705 wreck off the northern coast of South America