Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2021 Auction 15-16 Jan 2021
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BOLIVIA. Heart-Shaped & Holed Cob 8 Reales, 1719-P Y. Potosi Mint. Philip V. NGC EF-45.
cf. KM-31 (for regular issue). Weight: 26.26 gms. A VERY RARE and enticing issue, this issue is quite attractive and alluring, and offers a pleasing cabinet tone with great form. The legends are nearly complete, with the date fully readable. Not often encountered in this largest silver format, the present specimen should undoubtedly generate tremendous enthusiasm among the collectors of the finest in Latin American offerings.
cf. KM-31 (for regular issue). Weight: 26.26 gms. A VERY RARE and enticing issue, this issue is quite attractive and alluring, and offers a pleasing cabinet tone with great form. The legends are nearly complete, with the date fully readable. Not often encountered in this largest silver format, the present specimen should undoubtedly generate tremendous enthusiasm among the collectors of the finest in Latin American offerings.
These engaging presentation issues mimic the heart shape on account of the Sacred Heart of Christ and the importance of the iconography within the Catholic Church. Always popular with collectors, these are more regularly encountered in the smaller denominations, but are always at their height of desirability when presented in this largest and most formidable module.
Estimate: $20000.00- $30000.00