^Lot 711 Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, "Star of Lima" type, 1659 V, mintmark L*M, rare, NGC VF 35, Calbeto Plate

Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, "Star of Lima" type, 1659 V, mintmark L*M, rare, NGC VF 35, Calbeto Plate (stated on label). S-L5; KM-18.1; Cal-1247. 27.35 grams. Desirable non-salvage example (nicely pedigreed) with bold full eight-point star and three dots between L and M in center, bold dot-8-dot-V-dot flanking the pillars, most of crown at top and part of king's name in legend, the cross full but with flat castles and lions, lovely old toning. Plate Coin 252 on page 136 of Calbeto's Compendium VIII Reales (1970), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 16, with original lot-tag 495, and to Ponterio auction of October 2000, with original lot-tag 1893.
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