Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on cross side of a Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1758q, KM Plate Coin. KM-99. 24.77 grams. Choice full countermark (well-detailed XF) deeply impressed in one quadrant of host's full cross above partial date, full pillars with clear date on other side, curiously olive-toned Fine with crude hole at edge. Plate Coin in Krause-Mishler's Standard Catalog of World Coins.
($175-$250)