Lot 588 BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C below erased B or B/L, rare.

BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C below erased B or B/L, rare. S-P5; KM-5.1; Cal-671. 18.98 grams. Small diameter due to loss of about 9 grams shaved from the edge, also with vertically shifted double-strike to left of shield rendering two C's (similar to lot 1102 of the "Americas" sale) that at various times has been considered a separate die variety but is actually the same Paoletti-59 obverse mixed with Paoletti-60 reverse as the prior lot, VF with dark toning in crevices on obverse only.
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