Watch List notes:

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652 E post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B), 1-PH-6 at top, ex-McClung. S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1500. 26.65 grams. Impressively solid coin with three dates and mintmarks and assayers, good full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, much legend, nice toning in crevices, minimal surface corrosion. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection (Sedwick Auction 24, with original lot-tag 448). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador


Estimate: 300 - 450 USD