146714944852
Description:
BOLIVIA, Potosi, cob 8 reales, (1651-52) E, with crowned dot-F-dot countermark on cross, NGC VF details / saltwater damage / Capitana (Shipwreck Blue Label).
19.55 grams. Choice piece with nearly complete shield and cross plus full countermark, clear mintmark, assayer and date. (NGC #6532499-003)
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: 052320111008