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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 164(9)O, with crowned backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 164(9)O, with crowned backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 164(9)O, with crowned backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross. S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1487. 21.81 grams Mostly bold, with nearly full cross and upper half of shield (the bottom lost to corrosion), also with clear 164 of date, but best feature is the nearly full countermark displaying a clearly retrograde L (Ullian Type P, rated at "U-1," meaning two to five specimens known). With Marex tag and certificate #1536, pedigreed to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #360. Recovered from: Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island