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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E Transitional Type IV/A.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:325.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E Transitional Type IV/A.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E Transitional Type IV/A. S-P37; KM-A20.4; Cal-1493. 20.74 grams. Very bold full crown and pillars-and-waves with full F-8-IIII at top (single dots above F and IIII) and E-8-E at bottom (single dot above and outside each E and two dots above the 8, hence Mastalir IV.1-A.ad), full date in legend, also good full crown and shield (slightly doubled) on the other side with weak but clear A-P-8 to left and full O-E-52 to right, light surface corrosion, toned fields, small edge-split. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. From: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador