^Lot 817 Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal (galano), 1660 E, four-digit date between pillars, very rare, NG

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal (galano), 1660 E, four-digit date between pillars, very rare, NGC Fine details / holed, finest and only example in NGC census. S-P37a; KM-R21; Cal-1427. 26.42 grams. Choice full details on both sides with lovely contrasting toning, rather eye-catching as the ONLY issue in which a four-digit date was placed between the pillars (die-match with Lazaro 162, rated R4 and only the third we have seen), tiny hole at top of left pillar / left of cross. An interesting speculation is that the four-digit date was intended to imitate the "Star of Lima" coinage of this date.
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