Watch List notes:

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1617M, castles rotated 90 degrees clockwise, Grade 1. S-P19; KM-10; CT-129. 26.52 grams. Superb specimen with 100% corrosion-free surfaces, beautiful fully detailed shield and cross (the castle rotation quite dramatic), bold assayer (punched over border of dots) and--best of all--very bold full ANO 1617 (with usual erasure of border there, as part of the transition to dated coins), also elegantly toned, truly one of the best examples we have seen among both shipwreck and non-wreck. Pedigreed to the Classics collection, with Fisher tag and certificate #262284. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

Estimate: $1500-2250