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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O to left below mintmark oM, NGC AU 55 ("top p

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O to left below mintmark oM, NGC AU 55 ( top p
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O to left below mintmark oM, NGC AU 55 ("top pop"), ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-M11; KM-43; Cal-661. 27.29 grams. Full and well-detailed shield and cross-lions-castles ("Type B" lions), also full oMO and denomination 8 as well as king's ordinal II in legend, the peripheries mostly flat otherwise, very lightly toned and desirable as the first collectible "crown" of Mexico, tied with two others for finest known in NGC census, those other two (having sold at auction recently) being of the earlier variety with "Type A" lions. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection (stated on label), plated on page 144 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #619. NGC #5907772-003.