Watch List notes:

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F, NGC MS 62, finest known in NGC census. S-M12; KM-43; Cal-664. 27.62 grams. Frosty surfaces and sharp details befitting the top grade (the only MS example among eleven entries currently at NGC), including full shield and cross, clear oMF, the legends a bit crude due to uneven flan thickness but with clear king's ordinal oIIo on obverse and rosette stop on reverse, which also shows IIISPA(NIARVM) with two I's instead of H.


Estimate: 1000 - 1500 USD