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MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O below mintmark oM to left, ex-Atocha Researc

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MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O below mintmark oM to left, ex-Atocha Researc
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MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O below mintmark oM to left, ex-Atocha Research Collection, Plate Coin 111. S-M11; KM-43; Cal-661. 26.65 grams. A practically corrosion-free beauty with very well-detailed full shield and cross-lions-castles, bold full oMO to left and denomination 8 to right, full king's ordinal II between two dotted annulets in legend, desirable as the first obtainable dollar-sized coin of Mexico (and, by extension, of North America), very rare from this wreck and clearly one of the Atocha's best silver coins. Pedigreed to the Bill Barman Collection of Atocha RC Coins, with original Fisher tag and photo-certificate 85A-237034. Photocopy of original Atocha Research Collection catalog to be provided to winning bidder upon request. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida