| Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC > Treasure Auction 35 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1020 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 E, with crown-alone ("jester's cap") countermark on cross, ex-Maravillas, ex-Harley, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P36; KM-19b; Cal-1491. 27.12 grams. Choice example with corrosion only on date near edge, nearly full legends and well-detailed interiors with bold and nearly full countermark (very scarce) on left arm of full cross-and-tressure, king's ordinal IIII and two full assayers, overall AXF, mostly brown-toned. From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 11 (lot 371), the Alan Harley Collection (Baldwin's auction of September 2011, lot 1859), and the Luis R. Ponte Collection, Plate Coin on page 200 of Mastalir's The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part A: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage (2021) and on page 301 of Part B: The Countermarks of 1652. Estimate: $1000 - $1500 |  |
