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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, date as "6260" (1620), assayer T, mintmark P over backwards P, quadra

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, date as  6260  (1620), assayer T, mintmark P over backwards P, quadra
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, date as "6260" (1620), assayer T, mintmark P over backwards P, quadrants of cross transposed, rare, Grade 1. S-P21; KM-10; CT-136. 25.2 grams. Crazy coin with date starting at 9 o'clock as bold 6 and 2, then bottom of another 6, then bottom half of 0, with no evidence of double-striking, good full shield and bold tressure around cross, stress fractures in flan but not really corroded. From the Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida, with original Fisher certificate #142108.