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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C under erasure, very rare, ex-Karon.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,100.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C under erasure, very rare, ex-Karon.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C under erasure, very rare, ex-Karon. S-P5; KM-5.1; CT-136 (under La Plata). 26.88 grams. Choice full shield and cross-lions-castles and tressure, some legend, bold mintmark above clear erasure and C (a rare and desirable issue that Sellschopp famously misattributed to La Plata), tiny hole at top of shield near an edge-crack as well as what appears to have been a previous hole that was plugged and re-opened slightly (described as "tiny lacuna" in Karon), with light old scratches there, the rest of the coin nice enough to make up for that, though, and no worse than AXF overall, with attractive light toning. Pedigreed to the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio auction of March 1990, lot #8) and to the Cayon auction of February 2012 (lot #96).