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Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF, mintmark M.X, large crown, extremely rare

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Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF, mintmark M.X, large crown, extremely rare
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Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF, mintmark M.X, large crown, weak dot above assayers, encapsulated NGC AU details / saltwater damage / Rooswijk, extremely rare variety, ex-Gray. KM-103; CT-773. Broad flan with bold and sharp details (more like UNC details), the fields clean and even slightly lustrous but with corrosion in areas near the rims, some light toning around details. The first two years of this issue (1732-33) are heavily studied for varieties, as there appears to have been much muling in the transitions between assayers (F to MF) and mintmarks (oM to M.X and back to oM) and the crown above the globes (small [12.5 mm] to large [13.5 mm]). Gilboy lists this variety (M-8-4) as the rarest of all the 1732-33 8R issues (R5, 1-3 pieces known). For price comparison, an 8R 1733MF M.X in cleaned XF grade sold in Spink (London) in March 2015 for about $15,000 plus buyer's fee. From the Rooswijk of 1739 (Ponterio auction of March 2006, lot #172) and to the David Gray collection (Stack's-Bowers auction of October 2014, lot #483). (Note: The printed catalog calls this "small crown variety" and "no dot above assayers" in error.)