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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer T, mintmark "q" (backwards P), quadrants of cross

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer T, mintmark  q  (backwards P), quadrants of cross
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer T, mintmark "q" (backwards P), quadrants of cross transposed. S-P22a; KM-19. 23.59 grams. Nearly full HYSPANIARVM (with backwards P there too) and YNDYARVN (N instead of M), full q-*-T to left of full shield below full crown, the cross full but weak, lightly corroded and with crooked edge-split. Recovered from: "Spice Islands wreck," sunk ca. 1629 off Southeast Asia