Watch List notes:

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1618 T, date at 9 o'clock, Grade 1. S-P21; KM-10; Cal-925. 24.87 grams. Broad flan with full king's ordinal III in legend, bold full P+T with tiny P, full shield and cross, strange reverse legend as (16)18 A [blank] EY (first example we've seen), some localized surface corrosion. With Fisher tag and certificate 85A-214992, pedigreed to the RWB Reference Collection of Atocha dated cobs. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida


Estimate: 1500 - 2250 USD