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Seville, Spain, 8 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark S to right, denomination oVIII to left (rare),

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Seville, Spain, 8 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark S to right, denomination oVIII to left (rare),
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Seville, Spain, 8 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark S to right, denomination oVIII to left (rare), assayer Gothic D on reverse. CT-184. 27.22 grams. Impressively large flan with nearly full legends, well-detailed full shield and yoke-and-arrows, the former with denomination to left and mintmark to right and the latter with assayer in center (slightly doubled), lustrous AU, tiny chips in edge (as made). The Ferdinand-Isabel 8 reales were struck under Charles I in tribute to his maternal grandparents, perhaps even after the now-famous Rincon 8 reales of Mexico, first New World dollar.