Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B), (1)-PH-(6) at top. S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1500. 26.28 grams. Darkly toned but with no corrosion except near part of edge, with full pillars-and-waves above which you can see just the bottom of PH (the 1- and -6 not visible due to doubling and/or flatness), the cross also full but slightly off-center (and slightly doubled), full king's name and ordinal, three dates. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. From: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador
($250-375)