Watch List notes:

Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on a Guatemala cob 8 reales (17)48J, ex-Mehl. KM-102; host: S-G1a, KM-12, CT-279. 26.25 grams. Broad flan with bold 8 of date and G mintmark, nearly full pillars-and-worlds with bold (deep, AXF) countermark, weaker but also nearly full crown and shield on other side, with full assayer, all richly toned and VF/F for the issue, with old hole at edge. Pedigreed to B. Max Mehl (1/29/1943) and to our Auction #12, with original lot-tag #1197. ($300-450)