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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1771 (V-Y), cut down for circulation in North Africa (Barbary).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1771 (V-Y), cut down for circulation in North Africa (Barbary).
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1771 (V-Y), cut down for circulation in North Africa (Barbary). S-P59; KM-45; Cal-1154. 14.97 grams. In circulation along the Barbary coast of North Africa there was a 15- to 16-gram silver coin known as a "30 para," minted in Tripoli in 1773, that could have been linked to these cut-down cobs. Bust 8R cut down to this weight are also known. This VF example is clipped to a roughly pentagonal shape with partial pillars and cross still showing though clearly dated, gray-green tone throughout.