^Lot 155 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, 1635/4 P, very rare.

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, 1635/4 P, very rare. S-M19; KM-unl (45 for type); Cal-unl (Type 319). 24.49 grams. Fat barrel-shaped flan with weak spots but bold oMP and 8 flanking full shield, full cross, but best part is the bottom half of all four digits of the date in the legend shifted one digit to left with fleur-de-lis ornament punched over the prior digit 4 (i.e., 6/1, 3/6, 5/3, fleur/4), confirmed by style of shield (particularly the non-parallel diagonal lines in Old Burgundy), the assayer-mark P modified from the previous assayer D. With original certificate from Captain Tracy Bowden through his contract with the Dominican Republic. Recovered from: Concepción, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola