Watch List notes:

Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo), motto as PLVS in left-leaning rhomboid panel with single annulets on either side, very rare, NGC VF 30, Nesmith Plate (drawing and photo). Nesmith-24; Cal-63; S-M4; KM-unl (7 for type). 3.31 grams. Tied with three others for finest known in the NGC census. Hubbard or Nesmith hand wrote on the envelope in which the coin was stored, "Finest specimen seen." This piece came from the Guadalupe hoard found in Mexico City in the summer of 1952, according to a typewritten note also on the envelope. Rather flat toning with some central weakness and dark stains on the right edges of the shield side, it is still impressive for its grade and provenance as the Nesmith 24 plate coin (with an accompanying photo in the back of the book). NGC #6448168-022. Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection of Mexican Charles-Joanna Coinage (stated on label), plated as a drawing on page 87 of Robert Nesmith's The Coinage of the First Mint of the Americas at Mexico City, 1536-1572 (1955). Accompanied by original tag or holder from Clyde Hubbard.
($1000-1500)