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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E transitional Type IV/A, Mastalir Plate Coin.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E transitional Type IV/A, Mastalir Plate Coin.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E transitional Type IV/A, Mastalir Plate Coin. S-P37; KM-A20.4; Cal-1493. 15.22 grams. Very bold full pillars and shield, the former with clear (dot)-crown-dot above F-8-IIII / PLV-SVL-TRA / E-8-E and the latter with clear A-P-8 to left and O-E-52 to right (that side slightly doubled and off-center), brown-toned all over, thin from corrosion. Plate Coin #IV.1-A.aa(3)1 on p. 84 of Roberto Mastalir's book The Great Transition at the Potosi Mint 1649-1653: The 1652 Transitional 8 Reales (2015), with Herman Moro certificate, pedigreed to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #306. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador