Private Collection Spanish Cob- 8 Reales - Dated 1627
$5,500
Denomination: 8 Reales
Mint: Potosi
Dated: 1627
Reign: Philip IV
Weight: 26.13g.
Mount: 14k Gold
Assayer: Juan Ximenez de Tapia (1621-1647)
Grade: NGC 6821817-001 - AU58
Description: Philip IV Cob 8 Reales 1627 P-T AU58 NGC. An impressive and well-kept piece exhibiting deeply struck peripheries with luminous crevices, a full date, and a deep rainbow tone. The finest recorded by NGC. Sold with old collector's flip.: Obverse: Exceptional strike on the cross side. Clearly dated 1627. Lions and Castles transposed. Possible broken die or double strike. An impressive and well-kept piece exhibiting deeply struck peripheries with luminous crevices, a full date and a deep rainbow tone. The finest recorded by NGC. Sold with old collector's flip.
History: The National Mint of Bolivia (Spanish: Casa de la Moneda de Bolivia) or the Mint of Potosí (in colonial era) is a mint located in the city of Potosí in Bolivia. It is from this mint that most of the silver shipped through the Spanish Main came. The coinage minted during its period became so well known in the world that a saying, memorialized by Miguel de Cervantes, came into use: valer un potosí, "to be worth a potosí" (that is, "a fortune"). Minting began immediately based on a rudimentary technology that remained for the next 212 years, from 1572 to 1767. As an Assayer, Tapia was known for the use of broken dies and transposition of the Lions and Castles on his coins.
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