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Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, 48 patards, "Golden Fleece" countermark (1652-72) on a Potosi, Bolivia

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Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, 48 patards,  Golden Fleece  countermark (1652-72) on a Potosi, Bolivia
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Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, 48 patards, "Golden Fleece" countermark (1652-72) on a Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1667 E, NGC XF 45, c/s XF strong. Delm-324 (host: S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-unl). Spectacular full countermark, deeply impressed and exhibiting full details (rare thus), on a host with lots of detail but a bit double-struck, requiring pieces of two dates to make the attribution (not mentioned on label), both sides with pomegranate at top, also with parts of PHILIPPVS in legend for posthumous Philip IV (rare), full POTOSI, lovely old toning all over, a premium coin from the period of recovery from the Potosi mint scandal requiring countermarks to distinguish from the "bad" coins of prior decades.
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