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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F on both sides of shield (unique).

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F on both sides of shield (unique).
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F on both sides of shield (unique). S-M12. 21.6 grams. First specimen we have ever seen with assayer F on both sides of the shield, with oMF to left and 8-F to right, full shield and cross, the latter of the same style as the F-oD joint issue of circa 1600, moderate corrosion and big black spot covering shield. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Recovered from: Santiago, sunk in 1585 on the Bassas da India atoll between Mozambique and Madagascar (east of Africa)