^Lot 605 Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654 E, dot-PH-dot at top above denomination 8 without dots, pomegran

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654 E, dot-PH-dot at top above denomination 8 without dots, pomegranate above cross (very rare), Calico Plate, ex-Mastalir. S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1506. 27.21 grams. Bold full pillars with choice full cross above bold dot-PH-dot above denomination without dots (one of very few examples known), choice full cross with clear pomegranate above (hence a different variety from the previous lot), bold king's ordinal IIII, two dates and mintmarks, parts of all three assayers, richly toned XF+. Plate Coin on page 320 of Calico's 2008 edition of Numismatica espanola, also pedigreed to the Robert Mastalir collection and to the Ponterio auction of January 2004 (lot 1487).