Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Silver Cob 8 Reales 1650 O w/ Countermarks
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Silver Cob 8 Reales 1650 O w/ Countermarks
Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Silver Cob 8 Reales 1650 O w/ Countermarks

Capitana Shipwreck BOLIVIA Potosí Silver Cob 8 Reales 1650 O w/ Countermarks

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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
  • Year : 1650

Description: 

BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1650 (Spanish 5) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on shield and crowned-O countermark on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Capitana, Mastalir Plate.

S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1488. 18.64 grams. Thin and corroded but with bold VF details including full shield and 50 of date, two bold assayers, about half of each countermark (both near center), edge-split, contrastingly toned. From the Capitana (1654), Plate Coin on page 185 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 272 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652.

Code: 052404191056


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