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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (1646-47), very rare.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (1646-47), very rare.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (1646-47), very rare. S-P33; KM-19a; Cal-Type 327. 24.78 grams. Typically crude and worn (Fine or so, with black toning in crevices), with good (for the era) full shield and cross ("furry" lions), but most important is the full P-dot-P to left and full 64 of date in small digits (only 1646 and 1647 are possible), this assayer being far rarer than the already elusive assayer V of 1646 (see previous lot), both of which were mostly melted during the mint-scandal recall in 1652, as this low-weight coin should have been as well, given its very low fineness. XRF test results: 82.5% silver, 16.8% copper, traces of iron and lead. Pedigreed to the Jorge Ugaz collection.