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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, mint-produced bird shape, Plate

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, mint-produced bird shape, Plate
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, mint-produced bird shape, Plate Coin in The Practical Book of Cobs (4th edition). KM-46. 27.4 grams. With curved beak and erect tail, this full-weight coin was obviously a bird from the beginning, not cut down or modified later except to add a hole for the eye, the actual numismatic data nothing special (worn Fine with flatness, only about half the cross and slightly more of the shield visible), lightly toned, a unique and special coin to be sure. Plate Coin on page 69 of The Practical Book of Cobs (4th edition, 2007).