Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1654 E, dot-PH-dot at top, motto as PLV-SV-LTR, ex-Mastalir. S-P37a; KM-16; Cal-921. 6.86 grams. Broad, round, Royal-like flan with full inner details and nearly full legends, all three dates and mintmarks and assayers, rare (extended) transitional variety with dots above P-2-E and oddly split motto, low-contrast XF with faint surface porosity. Pedigreed to the Robert Mastalir collection and to the Cayon auction of May 2012 (lot 722).
($200-300)