Estado de Mexico, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1829LF. KM-377.5. 26.97 grams. AU- with beautifully deep rainbow toning with underlying luster, good strike, rare mint described by Dunigan and Parker in their book Resplandores (1997) as "undoubtedly the most ill conceived (and short lived) of all the Mexican mints... authorized by decree to be established at an unnamed location prior to the state having even established a capital!"
Estimate: $2000