Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal (galano), 1712Y, four-digit date below cross, Lazaro Plate Coin. S-P43a; KM-R31; CT-813. 26.57 grams. Broad flan for the period and comparatively evenly struck, with good full inner details (minor doubling) and some legend (enough to make out the "condor" ornaments between words on cross side), VF with light toning, large drilled hole at top of pillars, highly desirable as the Plate Coin for Lazaro #256 (rated R3). Plate Coin #256 on page 334 of Lazaro's Los Redondos de Lima, Mejico y Potosi (1996).
Estimate: $3000-4500