Capitana Shipwreck (1654) Potosí, Bolivia Cob 8 Reales 1649 O with Crowned-Z C/M
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- Category : Shipwreck Coins
- Certification : Uncertified
- Circulated/Uncirculated : Circulated
- Composition : Silver
- Country/Region of Manufacture : Bolivia
- Grade : Ungraded
- Shipwreck : Capitana, sunk in 1654
Description:
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1649 O, with crowned-script-Z countermark on shield (very rare), ex-Capitana, Mastalir Plate.
S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1487. 27.54 grams. Choice broad flan with practically no corrosion (VF+), contrastingly toned, with slightly doubled full shield showing very bold •P-O• to left and 8• to right inside of complete countermark at very edge, bold full cross-lions-castles with full 164 and most of 9 of date despite flat periphery that curiously shows a brockage of the countermark at bottom right, hairline edge-split.
From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 12 (lot 469), Plate Coin on page 173 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 233 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.
Code: 052404191054