Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1686 VR. S-P40; KM-26; Cal-727. 26.93 grams. Full but double-struck cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves (the latter slightly off-center but with choice full crown at top), two dates and mintmarks and parts of all three assayers, XF with light tan sediment in crevices. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 1994, with original lot-tag 934.
($250-375)