Watch List notes:

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650/49O, crowned-•F• (4 dots) countermark on shield. 26.81 grams. Choice specimen with very full and bold date (clear overdate, which is scarce) and other parts of legend bold as well, nice full cross and shield, full P-O and 8-O, some old scratches but no corrosion and nicely toned around details. With generic certificate from the salvagers, and pedigreed to the original Capitana auction (Ponterio, April 1999), with original lot-tag #187. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador

Estimate: $350 - 500