^Lot 590 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer O to left, mintmark oM to right, quadrants of

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer O to left, mintmark oM to right, quadrants of cross transposed, very rare, NGC VF 30, finest and only example in NGC census. S-M11; KM-unl (20 for type); Cal-128. 1.34 grams. Cruder legends than usual but with at least one figure-8 stop visible, bold full oM to right (weaker O to left), full cross with unusual transposition (the only one of its kind listed in NGC census, albeit as "castles and lions inverted"), lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection. Please use this link to verify the certification number