Treasure & World Coin Floor Auction #18

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1675E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-350. 27.93 grams. Bold date and two mintmarks among full but doubled pillars-and-waves, good f

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1676E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-351. 26.95 grams. Solid coin but with much flatness and light toning on very slightly porous f

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-354. 26.52 grams. Bold full pillars-and-waves and cross but peripherally flat, patchy toning

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1682V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-364. 27.07 grams. Broad flan with choice full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, two mi

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1682V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-364. 27.11 grams. Broad flan with full but doubled pillars-and-waves and cross, three dates and

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1683V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-365. 25.52 grams. Fat, barrel-shaped flan with choice and 100% full pillars-and-waves, full cro

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1683V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-365. 27.62 grams. Good full cross, bold but off-center pillars-and-waves, nicely toned VF with

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1684V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-366. 27.16 grams. Full pillars and crown with very bold date and P's and V's (two eac...

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1684VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT-367. 26.44 grams. Good full cross, full but off-center pillars-and-waves, broad flan with flat

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1687/5VR, rare overdate. S-P40; KM-26; CT-370. 26.97 grams. Full but crudely doubled pillars-and-waves and cross, both

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1688VR. S-P40; KM-R26; CT-326. 25.78 grams. Broad, round flan with all details (legends and inner) full and bold,

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1689VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT-374. 28.00 grams. Small but oddly overweight flan with choice full cross-lions-castles, full p

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1691VR. S-P40; KM-R26; CT-329. 26.68 grams. Choice bold strike all over, with full details (legends and inner), m

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1692VR. S-P40; KM-R26; CT-330. 26.70 grams. Full and bold details all over (legends and inner), perfectly centere

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1697VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT-383. 25.99 grams. Chunky flan with full but doubled pillars, two clear dates on that side, nea

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1698F. S-P42; KM-R26; CT-336. 25.21 grams. Nice grade (XF) and strike (full inner details and much legend, minima

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1699F. S-P42; KM-26; CT-388. 25.26 grams. Choice full pillars and cross, well centered on a chunky flan, two dates and

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1700F. S-P42; KM-26; CT-389. 26.75 grams. Full and bold pillars-and-waves and cross (off-center) with two bold dates, t

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1702Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-862. 26.61 grams. Very chunky flan with good full cross but crudely doubled pillars, two dates

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Heart, 1704Y, unholed and arguably finest known, very rare, ex-Pena, Craig, Karon. S-P43a; KM-unl.; CT-848. 27.00 grams.

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1706Y, rare. S-P43a; KM-R31; CT-807. 27.09 grams. Broad flan for this period, with full details (legends and inne

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1708Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-868. 26.00 grams. Well-centered full cross and pillars with bold date but peripheries flat as

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1714Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-874. 25.75 grams. Chunky flan with mostly flat strike (nothing in the peripheries) but clear

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1715/4Y (unique), variety with clover shapes around denomination and in legend. S-P43a; KM-unl. (cf. R31); CT-unl

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 i

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1721Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-881. 27.49 grams. Chunky flan with crudely doubled cross and pillars but technically high gra

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1722Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-882. 27.15 grams. Chunky flan with lots of flatness but bold full date below cross and full w

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1726Y, (Louis I), rare. S-P43b; KM-35; CT-25. 27.60 grams. Royal-like strike with bold details all over, full but doubl

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1726Y, (Louis I), rare. S-P43b; KM-35; CT-25. 24.74 grams. Small flan with edges intact (inexplicably low weight), full

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1727Y, Louis I, very rare, encapsulated NGC XF details / holed. S-P43b; KM-R35; CT-22. 26.7 grams. Bold and attra

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1728M. S-P44; KM-31; CT-885. 27.19 grams. Chunky flan with sharp points on edge (hence high grade, XF or better), full

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1733YA, rare. S-P45; KM-31a; CT-891. 24.44 grams. Choice full pillars with well-detailed crown above and clear date and

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1737E. S-P46; KM-31a; CT-897. 27.48 grams. Choice full cross, nearly full pillars-and-waves on a typically chunky flan,

Complete denomination set of Potosi, Bolivia, cob 1/2-1-2-4-8 reales, 1738M. S-P47. 50.81 grams total. Chunky coins (as expected) but all with clear d

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1739M. S-P47; KM-31a; CT-900. 26.23 grams. Superb full cross and pillars-and-waves, with three dates and two bold mintm

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1742C. S-P49; KM-31a; CT-905. 26.24 grams Two very bold full dates, one inside the full pillars-and-waves and the other

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1750E/q, rare. S-P51; KM-40; CT-unl. 26.13 grams. Choice full cross with FER- of king's name in legend, bold full...

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1753q, encapsulated NGC AU 50. S-P52; KM-40; CT-365. 27.1 grams. Full but off-center pillars-and-waves, good full cross

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1760Y-q-V, unique (unlisted). 26.67 grams In his seminal 1985 monograph for Cuadernos de Numismatica y Ciencias Politi

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1762V-Y. S-P57; KM-45; CT-949. 23.64 grams. Choice full waves and cross with two full dates and both assayers, lightly

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1766(V)-Y. S-P57; KM-45; CT-953. 26.60 grams Three bold dates (very rare thus), nearly full pillars-and-waves and cross

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1768Y-V-Y, rare (unlisted). 26.11 grams. Good full cross and pillars (the latter doubled) with two dates, fairly clea

Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1768(V-Y). S-P57; KM-45; CT-955. 26.96 grams. Very chunky flan with sharp, narrow "tail" on edge, high...

Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1769(V-Y). S-P57; KM-45; CT-957. 26.85 grams. Chunky but bold, with nearly full pillars and cross, attractively ...

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1771/0(V-Y). S-P59; KM-45; CT-961. 26.97 grams Very bold date with clear 1/0 between full pillars, nearly full cross wi

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1773(V)-Y, rare final year of cobs. S-P59; KM-45; CT-964. 26.80 grams. Typically chunky and crude but with clear date a

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1653E, PH at top, rotated denomination 4, ex-Capitana. S-P37a; KM-18; CT-740. 13.58 grams. Choice for salvage (no corro

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales Royal, 1654E, •PH• at top, extremely rare (unlisted). S-P37a; Janson-unl.; KM-unl.; CT-unl. 13.41 grams. Choice full inn

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales Royal, 1677E, extremely rare, ex-"Americas" collection. S-P37b; KM-R25; CT-484. 13.23 grams. Broad flan with...

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1679/8C/E, encapsulated NGC VF 20, extremely rare. S-P38; KM-unl.; CT-unl. 13.4 grams. Crudely struck (flatness and sli