Lot 782 BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1618 PAL, rare, ex-Sellschopp (Plate), Grunthal-Sellschopp Plate.
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1618 PAL, rare, ex-Sellschopp (Plate), Grunthal-Sellschopp Plate. S-P20; KM-10; Cal-922. 25.60 grams. Very bold full PAL monogram to left of full but weaker shield, the cross also full but a bit weak (the date barely discernible) due to light to moderate corrosion (particularly near edge), otherwise Fine, some toning, desirably pedigreed. Pedigreed to the Sellschopp Collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, with original lot-tag 625) and Plate Coin 397a in his Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí (1971), also Plate Coin 420 on page 169 of Grunthal-Sellschopp's The Coinage of Peru (1978).
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