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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1720(J), bold date, with Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1720(J), bold date, with Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1720(J), bold date, with Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1838) on cross side, rare. S-M22; KM-47; CT-748. 26.6 grams. Very bold and full date, part of mintmark and one full castle but all the rest flat (as made, otherwise VG?), nice full countermark (VF+), with contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the John Pullin collection, and pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of February 22, 1997 (lot #447), with lot-tag.