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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)Z, with crowned-backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross.

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, (1649)Z, with crowned-backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)Z, with crowned-backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross. S-P34; KM-19a; CT-508. 18.64 grams. Very crude planchet, fraught with edge-cracks, but with good full shield and cross, full countermark, bold denomination 8, somewhat sea-worn and with light surface corrosion. Pedigreed to our Auction #12, with original lot-tag #466. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador