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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1699F.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1699F.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1699F. S-P42; KM-26; CT-388. 26.8 grams. Full but off-center cross and pillars with bold date and assayer, nicely toned and corrosion-free, from a possible pirate wreck off Mar Bravo, hidden by locals who avoided confiscation by melting the silver coins into spoons and the gold coins into teeth. From the Unidentified ca.-1700 wreck off Punta Santa Elena, Ecuador, pedigreed to the Marty Meylach collection.