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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1740P, very rare (possibly unique).

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1740P, very rare (possibly unique).
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1740P, very rare (possibly unique). S-P48; KM-unl. (cf. R31a); CT-unl. (cf. 839). 26.25 grams. Typically small, thick flan per the period but with all inner details and even some legend full and bold, attractive VF with contrasting toning and small hole at edge past one end of the cross. While this period is rare for Royals to begin with, the fact is that we cannot find any records of a clean-P assayer for this date, all other specimens being either 1740M or 1740P/M (hence different dies from Lazaro #294, which he calls R4).