Lot Essay
An interesting and numismatically important piece with two different countermarks which should help to establish the sequence of striking
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Bolivia, Philip IV, 8-Reales, date unclear, Potosi, assayer E, 27.0 g., similar to preceding but (P) E · 8 · E · vertically and stamped with type A countermark over type H (Cal. 1035 var.; CN. 1/7; CT. 428 var.), striking crack, weakly struck in places, good fine, both countermarks clearly identifiable, very fine and an extremely rare combination