Watch List notes:

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E transitional Type III/A, NGC AU 55, finest and only example in NGC census for this variety. S-P37; KM-A20.3; Cal-unl. 26.32 grams. Choice full pillars-and-waves with bold E-dot-E across bottom, clear 1652 date and PERV in legend, nice crown flanked with dots above pillars, the other side even more impressive (albeit slightly off-center) with full A-P-8 and O-E-52 flanking the full shield with full crown above and king's ordinal IIII in legend, toned in crevices, slightly crude edge (as made). Pedigreed to the Jorge Ugaz collection (stated on label).
($1500-2250)