146716433655
Description:
BOLIVIA, Potosi, cob 8 reales, 1653 E, with dot-PH-dot above pillars, NGC VF details / saltwater damage.
23.47 grams. Choice cross on this piece with full date below, type with dot-PH-dot readily visible above the pillars, natural crack along edge. (NGC #6532499-005)
From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 32 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part A: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage (2021) and on page 70 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.
Code: 052320111009