Lot 793 Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1643 TR, small assayer, very rare.
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1643 TR, small assayer, very rare. S-P29a; KM-19a; Cal-unl. 23.11 grams. Off-center cross with "furry" lions, full 43 of date, good full shield with clear small-TR assayer to left, chunky Fine+ with dark patches and old scratches on reverse. Curiously, the only other example we can find of this date with small-TR assayer and new "furry" lions is Paoletti 218, whose date he called a "non-contemporaneous alteration."
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