Watch List notes:

Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer F to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oFo), motto as PLVS in left-leaning rhomboid panel with single annulets on either side, very rare, NGC VF 25, finest known in NGC census, Nesmith Plate Coin (drawing and photo), ex-Rumbel. Nesmith-14; Cal-62; S-M3; KM-unl (7 for type). 3.19 grams. A bridge coin illustrating the transition from assayer P (Nesmith 24) to assayer G (Nesmith 9 and M/F/P) and thus correcting the order of assayers laid forth by Nesmith, it is deeply toned with an old scratch on the pillars side, virtually full legends, and extremely rare (as are all assayer F coins) thus important to the serious collector. On top of that, it was a Nesmith plate coin from the O.K. Rumbel collection, purchased later by Hubbard. NGC #6448168-040. Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection of Mexican Charles-Joanna Coinage and to the O.K. Rumbel Collection (stated on label) (Christensen auction of October 1959, lot 430), also plated as a drawing on page 81 and as a photo on Plate III 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.
($1500-2250)