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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O, with crown-alone countermark on shield, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O, with crown-alone countermark on shield, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O, with crown-alone countermark on shield, ex-Capitana, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1487. 25.13 grams. Bold full date outside of doubled cross, good full shield with bold countermark at bottom, VG with only light surface pitting (nicely toned) but somewhat weakly struck throughout, unevenly thick edge. From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Ponterio "Capitana" auction of April 1999 (lot 82) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 173 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part A: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage (2021) and on page 256 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.