Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1677E. S-P37b; KM-24; Cal-401. 8.58 grams. Nice full pillars with 100% full waves, nearly full cross with one lion and one castle choice, two dates and assayers and mintmarks, non-toned AU- (slightly off-center strike), inexplicably overweight (effectively a "2-1/2 reales"). Pedigreed to the Aureo mail bid auction of Feb. 7, 2007, lot 566.
($150-$225)