Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice November 2022 Auction 14-17 Nov 2022
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BOLIVIA. Cob 4 Reales, ND (1649-51)-P. Potosi Mint; Assayer Juan Rodriguez de Rodas (O). Philip IV. PCGS VF-35; Countermark: EF Details.
KM-17B; Cal-Type-279. Weight: 12.49 gms. This attractive 4 Reales displays plenty of detail on its broad planchet. The obverse shows a sharp mintmark, denomination, and assayer's mark, as well as the monarch's ordinal. The reverse central devices have been counterstamped with the crowned "L" mark, intended to reduce the coin's value to 3 3/4 Reales. The stamp is bold and complete, evidently strongly struck as it created an area of flatness on the opposing side. A highly appealing Cob presenting an unusually well-executed counterstamp. To view all items from the Pat Johnson Collection, click here.
From the Pat Johnson Collection.
KM-17B; Cal-Type-279. Weight: 12.49 gms. This attractive 4 Reales displays plenty of detail on its broad planchet. The obverse shows a sharp mintmark, denomination, and assayer's mark, as well as the monarch's ordinal. The reverse central devices have been counterstamped with the crowned "L" mark, intended to reduce the coin's value to 3 3/4 Reales. The stamp is bold and complete, evidently strongly struck as it created an area of flatness on the opposing side. A highly appealing Cob presenting an unusually well-executed counterstamp. To view all items from the Pat Johnson Collection, click here.
From the Pat Johnson Collection.
Privately purchased from Mike Dunigan.
Estimate: $300 - $500