Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653 E, dot-PH-dot at top, dot-653-dot below and dot-pomegranate-dot above cross, NGC XF details / Capitana (Shipwreck Blue Label). S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1503. 27.45 grams. Amazingly corrosion-free but with some flat areas among the full cross and (double-struck) pillars-and-waves, all three dates and mintmarks and assayers, bold PH at top, variety with pomegranate instead of denomination above cross, toned on fields. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador
Estimate: 500 - 750 USD