Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal (galano), 1719Y, "condor" ornaments in legends and interiors, with Guatemala sun-over-mountains (Type II, 1839) countermark on cross, ex-Stuart. S-P43a; KM-R31; CT-820. 26.26 grams. Broad flan for the era with full legends, slightly weak interiors, curious "condor" ornaments all over (even twice to left of crown, also see previous lot), lightly toned AVF with hole at bottom of pillars and cross (aligned axis), die-match with Lazaro #264 (R3), very crude (illegible) countermark in top-right quadrant of doubled cross. Pedigreed to the Richard Stuart collection.
(3000 - 4500 USD)