Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir

Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Cob 8 Reales 1651-2 E Countermarks Ex-Mastalir

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  • Category : Shipwreck Coins
  • Certification : Uncertified
  • Circulated/Uncirculated : Circulated
  • Composition : Silver
  • Country/Region of Manufacture : Bolivia
  • Denomination : 8 reales
  • Grade : Ungraded
  • Shipwreck : Capitana, sunk in 1654

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) E, with crown-alone countermark on shield and crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, ex-Hudson, Mastalir Plate.

S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-Type 327. 24.02 grams. Odd-shaped flan with well-centered full shield showing full countermark in center, off-center cross with flan extending well past the outer border, very bold and nearly full countermark at top (covering the date), AXF with light surface corrosion, toned in crevices.

From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Louis Hudson Collection (Sedwick Auction 6, lot 342), Plate Coin on page 381 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part B: The Countermarks of 1652 (2021).

Code: 052404191065

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