Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (mid-1620s), quadrants of cross transposed. S-P23; KM-19a; Cal-Type 327. 27.26 grams. Broad, oblong flan with choice full shield, full but doubled cross, clear P-dot-P, denomination and king's ordinal III, most of crown, bottom of digits 62 of date visible, VF with nice toning, tiny spots of verdigris on cross. Pedigreed to the Jorge Ugaz collection.
($200-300)