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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25893532, member: 10461&quot;]<a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potosi_Real_Right_Pillar_And_Mint_Marks.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potosi_Real_Right_Pillar_And_Mint_Marks.png" rel="nofollow">The mintmark</a>, which is between “REX” and&nbsp; “4 R” on the reverse, is rather blobby and worn, but it appears to be the monogram of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mint_of_Bolivia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mint_of_Bolivia" rel="nofollow">Potosí</a>.&nbsp; Which would make this a Spanish Colonial <b>Bolivian</b> coin, rather than one of the more commonly encountered Mexico City pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it is <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces37397.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces37397.html" rel="nofollow">Numista-37397</a>, and <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bolivia-4-reales-km-54-1773-1789-cuid-1035093-duid-1271510" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bolivia-4-reales-km-54-1773-1789-cuid-1035093-duid-1271510" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler (KM)54</a>.&nbsp; The overdate, while not rare, is worth a little bit more than the non-overdate variety, according to that last Krause/NGC link.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit- oops- you were gonna do your own research, weren&#039;t you?&nbsp; Sorry. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hm.&nbsp; Oh well, you can consider this information just a starting point, and dive still deeper into this coin&#039;s considerable history, if you choose to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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