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Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on cross side of a Mexico City,

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Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on cross side of a Mexico City,
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Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on cross side of a Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, ex-Huntington, Mailliet Plate Coin (1868). KM-unl. 25.95 grams. Just about the longest, thinnest flan we have ever seen on a cob (toned VG), with just enough detail to attribute the king (a combination that is strangely unlisted in KM), but with choice, bold, and deeply impressed countermark (XF) in the only part of the coin that is somewhat round (with consequent crack to edge), tiny punchmark there as well, also with deep punchmark at one end and old hole at other end, a very eye-catching piece that fascinated at least two major collectors in the past 150 years (see pedigree). Pedigreed to the A.M. Huntington collection and plated (line drawing) in Atlas des Monnaies Obsidionales et de Necessite (1868), by Prosper Mailliet.