Capitana Shipwreck (1654) Potosí, Bolivia Cob 8 Reales 1649 O With Crowned-L 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-L countermark on cross, ex-Capitana, ex-Hudson, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate.
S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1487. 27.18 grams. Well-preserved and corrosion-free VF with attractively contrasting toning, the 9 of date particularly bold outside of full cross (doubled in periphery) with nearly full countermark on left side, choice full shield with bold •8• to right and bottom half of crown above.
From the Capitana (1654), pedigreed to the Louis Hudson Collection (Sedwick Auction 6, lot 298) and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 58 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 160 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.
Code: 052404191053