Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1843) on a Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1740V.KM-111.3.26.05 grams.Full but double-punched VF countermark, the host a well-centered AVF with full cross and pillars-and-waves, two assayers, attractively toned all over.Pedigreed to the Arturo Rosenheim collection and to the Gaspar de Portola collection.
($500-750)