Potosí

ポトシ ／ potosi　—　People & places

The silver mountain of South America. It changed the flow of the world's silver.

Eight reales of Potosí1556–1598 (Philip II) Eight realesc. AD 1600 Cob eight reales (macuquina)17th century (reign of Philip IV)

⚠ The silver from here flowed through Spain to Europe, and then on to Asia. The crux of this story is that the country of origin did not become wealthy; rather, the countries through which the silver passed did.