1671 Potosí 8 Reales, Pillars & Waves — PCGS Genuine
- Catalogue number: DTR-00040
- Denomination: 8 Reales
- Mint: Potosí (P)
- Assayer: E — Antonio de Ergueta
- Monarch: Charles II
- Date: Dated 1671
- Weight: 25.55 g
- Certification: PCGS Genuine, Env. Damage — VF Detail · cert 52007720
- Wreck: None — priced accordingly
- Papers: PCGS slab · Heritage provenance
A dated piece of eight in the accountability design Potosí adopted after its great fraud — mint, assayer and date stamped twice so no official could hide. Struck under the last Habsburg king by the assayer brought in to clean up the mint. The full date is on the flan; the designation is on the label, disclosed.
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A dated piece of eight in the accountability design Potosí adopted after its great fraud — mint, assayer and date stamped twice so no official could hide. Struck under the last Habsburg king by the assayer brought in to clean up the mint. The full date is on the flan; the designation is on the label, disclosed.