Potosí 8 Reales Shield Cob (1622–52) — PCGS VF25
- Catalogue number: DTR-00033
- Denomination: 8 Reales
- Mint: Potosí (P)
- Monarch: Philip IV
- Date: 1622–1652
- Weight: 26.52 g
- Certification: PCGS VF25 (straight grade) · cert 53926824
- Wreck: None — priced accordingly
- Papers: PCGS slab · Heritage provenance
A full-weight shield piece of eight that survived the great Potosí mint scandal era — provably not one of the debased coins, at 96.5% of legal weight with a straight PCGS grade. No wreck story, no premium for one. This is what honest 17th-century silver looks like.
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A full-weight shield piece of eight that survived the great Potosí mint scandal era — provably not one of the debased coins, at 96.5% of legal weight with a straight PCGS grade. No wreck story, no premium for one. This is what honest 17th-century silver looks like.