Watch List notes:

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1694VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT-380. 26.83 grams. Exceptional grade (non-toned UNC with original luster), choice full pillars and cross (the latter slightly off-center), three mintmarks, edge-split. It is not very often we see a cob in this grade! Pedigreed to the Charles Eidel collection and to a 1696 hoard in Panama, with Ponterio photo-certificate from 1992. ($400-600)