Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1676E, Calbeto Plate Coin. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-351. 25.84 grams. Broad flan with two dates and mintmarks, three assayers, one nice crown, much surface corrosion (possibly from a wreck, otherwise Fine), toned on fields, desirable for its pedigree (this date considered rather scarce in Calbeto's time but now more common due to the Consolacion wreck of 1681). Plate Coin #1081 in Calbeto's Compendium VIII Reales (1970).
($200-300)