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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period).
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). 25.40 grams. XF details with hint of luster but part of edge corroded away, spot of dark encrustation on shield. 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 Internet-Only Auction #1, with original lot-tag #43. Recovered from: Unidentified ca.-1590 wreck off the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico