Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1652)E, Transitional Type V/A.S-P37; KM-A20.5; Cal-1494.25.23 grams.Very solid and virtually uncorroded with deeply toned fields, bold full date in legend outside of full but doubled pillars-and-waves with F-8-IIII / PLV-SVL-TRA / E-52-E below crown and four dots, off-center shield (also doubled at bottom right) with dot-A-P-8 to left and partial dot-O-(E )-(52) to right, old gouge to left of crown on pillars side.With Sedwick photo-certificate. From: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador
($700-1000)