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Potosi, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1808PJ, old salvage.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1808PJ, old salvage.
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Potosi, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1808PJ, old salvage. KM-73; CT-732. 23.48 grams. VF details, a bit dark and encrusted and with gouge in rim, but best feature is the old sticker (late 1800s?) covering most of the obverse. With old sticker (in handwritten Portuguese) stating the shipwreck origin, and with handwritten envelope in English (also old). Recovered from: HMS Thetis, sunk in 1830 off Brazil