^Lot 598 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, odd half-urn shape, "thumbprint"

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, odd half-urn shape, "thumbprint" on cross. KM-46; Cal-Type 108. 26.97 grams. Long, thin, rectangular shape with large, rounded hump at one end, choice full crown above most of shield, nearly full cross with swirling "thumbprint" pattern from faulty die-polishing, typically flat in peripheries, softly struck AVF with traces of verdigris, lightly toned all over. With collector tag M-S2-11 ("Hatchet").