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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer F, fleur ornaments in legends, ex-Jones (Plat

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer F, fleur ornaments in legends, ex-Jones (Plat
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer F, fleur ornaments in legends, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-M12a; KM-44.1; Cal-881. 27.05 grams. Choice full shield and cross-lions-castles (double-case castles and "Type D" lions) with small old scrape at bottom of shield, bold full oMF to left and denomination 8 to right, clear fleur ornament in obverse legend (which indicates Philip III, a correction to our Auction 20 attribution), toned VF, much more evenly struck than usual. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 146 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #620.