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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL, Grade 1.

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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL, Grade 1.
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL, Grade 1. S-P13; KM-5.1; Cal-675. 25.57 grams. Very broad flan with choice full shield and cross, nearly full crown, a bit doubled on the assayer but with distinctive lions for assayer RL (tag and certificate call it Philip III assayer B in error), minimal surface corrosion. With original Fisher tag and certificate 85A-180579, pedigreed to the David Scott Vapnitsky collection. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida