Lot 590 BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B/C under erased B or B/L, very rare, ex-Sellschop
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B/C under erased B or B/L, very rare, ex-Sellschopp (Plate), Grunthal-Sellschopp Plate. S-P6; KM-5.1; Cal-unl (Type 195). 24.47 grams. Choice full inner details with very bold P-erasure-B/C (a traditional rarity) and denomination o-VIII, much bold legend and full crown despite some edge-loss due to rough jewelry removal, attractively toned VF with great pedigree. Pedigreed to the Sellschopp Collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, with original lot-tag 461) and Plate Coin 144 in his book Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí 1568-1651 (1971), also Plate Coin 298 on page 139 of Grunthal-Sellschopp's The Coinage of Peru (1978).
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