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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 O, with crowned-T countermark (rare) on cross, ex-Maravillas, ex

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 O, with crowned-T countermark (rare) on cross, ex-Maravillas, ex
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 O, with crowned-T countermark (rare) on cross, ex-Maravillas, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 24.34 grams. Broad flan that extends well past the outer border in places, clear 1650 date outside of full cross with deeply impressed full countermark on left arm, choice full crown above slightly doubled shield with two clear assayers, richly toned VF with corrosion only on edge, new style shield and cross with normal 5 in date. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 20 (lot 371) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 219 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.