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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1652 E, transitional McLean Type II, ex-Ponte, Mastalir plate.

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1652 E, transitional McLean Type II, ex-Ponte, Mastalir plate.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1652 E, transitional McLean Type II, ex-Ponte, Mastalir plate. S-P37; KM-B18; Cal-1111. 13.23 grams. Nice but off-center full cross with bold date below, well-centered but corroded full crown and pillars with clear 4's and E's as well as IIII, contrastingly toned. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, plated on page 45 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional Minor Denominations: 4, 2, 1, and 1/2 Reales (2016). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador