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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curved-leg), rare provenance.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curved-leg), rare provenance.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curved-leg), rare provenance. S-P15; KM-10 ;CT-126 . 26.61 grams. Very choice specimen with no corrosion at all (AXF), perfect full shield and cross, good toning, and desirable as one of very few coins found on this wreck. With Sedwick photo-certificate and pedigreed to our Auction #4, with original lot-tag #231. Recovered from: "Wild Horse River Wreck," sunk ca. 1620 in the Rio de la Plata off Colonia, Uruguay