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

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type VII/A. S-P37; KM-A20.7; Cal-1496. 26.34 grams. Choice, uncorroded specimen with bold full dot-topped pillars showing dot-crown-dot at top, P above dot to left and E above dot to right above first line, E-52-P below second line, also bold full shield below crown with dot-A-P-8-dot to left and dot-O-E-52-dot to right, king's ordinal IIII visible (but not much else in the legend), attractively toned fields. With photo-certificate. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador