Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1717Y, rare, Lazaro Plate Coin. S-P43a; KM-R31; CT-818. 26.96 grams. Doubling and surface roughness aside, this is an exemplary coin, with NO HOLE, bold details, good toning, and an excellent pedigree, AVF for wear, also interesting in displaying sideways-pomegranate-shaped stops in the legends. Pedigreed to the Santa Rosa de Lima collection and to our Auction #14, with original lot-tag #719, and Plate Coin #262 in Los Redondos de Lima, Mejico y Potosi (1996), by Jose Luis Lazaro. (Ex Paul Karon Collection)
Estimate: $2000