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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1750 q, rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1750 q, rare.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1750 q, rare. S-P50a; KM-40; Cal-512. 17.74 grams. Corroded with some pillars side detail still visible, a few spots of black encrustation, very rare provenance to a fifth rate frigate of the British Navy. With original (generic) certificate from the salvor. Recovered from: HMS Assurance, sunk in 1753 off the Isle of Wight, south of England