Watch List notes:

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1653P, with chopmarks as from circulation in the Orient. S-M19; KM-45; CT-358. 27.42 grams. Odd-shaped flan with choice strike for the period (full shield and cross, very bold full date and oMP), nicely toned VF with just two tiny chopmarks on reverse. Pedigreed to the Charles Eidel collection. ($250-375)