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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)18T/PAL, Grade 1, rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)18T/PAL, Grade 1, rare.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)18T/PAL, Grade 1, rare. S-P21; KM-10; CT-131. 26.25 grams. Choice specimen with 100% full T/PAL, denomination O-VIII, and 18 of date with clear erasure of dotted border there (lending credence to the idea that this was actually a modified 1617 die), also nice full shield and cross-and-tressure, no corrosion, lightly toned fields. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and photo-certificate #96A-270128. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida