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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1717Y, rare, ex-Sellschopp, ex-Karon, Lazaro Plate Coin.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:1,800.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1717Y, rare, ex-Sellschopp, ex-Karon, Lazaro Plate Coin.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1717Y, rare, Lazaro Plate Coin. S-P43a; KM-R31; CT-818. 26.96 grams. Doubling and surface roughness aside, this is an exemplary coin, with NO HOLE, bold details, good toning, and an excellent pedigree, AVF for wear, also interesting in displaying sideways-pomegranate-shaped stops in the legends. Pedigreed to the Santa Rosa de Lima collection, the Sellschopp collection, the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio, March 1990, lot #204), and to our Auction #14, with original lot-tag #719, and Plate Coin #262 in Los Redondos de Lima, Mejico y Potosi (1996), by Jose Luis Lazaro.