Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer D, ex-Spink, ex-Sebring, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).S-M18a; KM-45.24.56 grams.Solid specimen with good full shield and cross, full oMD, deeply toned, with corrosion only near edge on reverse, great pedigree.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 223 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Thomas H. Sebring collection (American Numismatic Rarities auction of January 2004, with original lot-tag #1555, housed in original Spink clamshell box from the 1960s with small certificate.Recovered from:
Estimate: 200-300 USD