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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1652 E Transitional, McLean Type V (Mastalir 1-B), rare, Mastalir Pla

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1652 E Transitional, McLean Type V (Mastalir 1-B), rare, Mastalir Pla
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1652 E Transitional, McLean Type V (Mastalir 1-B), rare, Mastalir Plate. S-P37; KM-A16.2; Cal-916. 4.45 grams. Bold full pillars-and-waves with F-2-(IIII) across top and E-2-E across middle, date in legend, also full cross with bold P to left and E to right, thin from corrosion but deeply toned all over. Plate Coin 1-B.a (3) 3 on page 108 of Robert Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosi Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional Minor Denominations (2016). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador