Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, dot-PH-dot at top, four-digit date below cross. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-437. 26.58 grams. Totally corrosion-free and nicely toned, with full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles (slightly off-center), albeit with weak spots, parts of all three dates (variety with 1653 below cross). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador
($250-375)