Bolivia 1672-P E 2 reales
This specimen was lot 237 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1672/1E. Choice specimen with no corrosion, full pillars-and-waves with bold date that shows the overdate clearly, excellent full cross-lions-castles with partial second date, three assayers, nicely toned, overweight flan, one of the best 2R recovered from this wreck. With ROBCAR tag and photo-certificate #M20125. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador." This type was struck 1667-1700. We don't know why this example is overweight but other dates are known with the same phenomenon.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 7.84 grams.
Catalog reference: S-P37b; KM-24 (overdate not listed); Cal-392, Cayón-7332.
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- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
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