Watch List notes:

Mexico City, Mexico, 1/2 real, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," assayer G to right, mintmark M to left, motto PL-V-S, rare, NGC F details / damaged, ex-Rumbel. Nesmith-31?; Cal-unl; S-M5; KM-unl. 1.48 grams. This oddity was in the O.K. Rumbel collection that was auctioned by Henry Christensen in 1959, after Nesmith had written both his book and an ANS monograph (#131) before that. A typewritten note on the paper envelope from that auction states that this coin was "unknown when ANS 131 was published" and if it was a Nesmith 31 as the catalog states (which Nesmith listed as unknown), it did not make it into the book either. Because of its very rough condition, it is impossible to say whether there are annulets above the mintmark and assayer but they do appear below. So, it may be an oMo-oGo variety (of which all known examples in other denominations came from the early period with the king's name spelling as CHAROLVS) and it is difficult to discern the spelling of the king's name. Other legend details don't match any other varieties with the exception of the motto as PL-V-S rather than P-LV-S (more common than the other). Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection of Mexican Charles-Joanna Coinage (stated on label) and to the Henry Christensen Auction of October 1959 of the O.K. Rumbel collection, lot 553. Accompanied by original tag or holder.

Estimate: $200 - $300