^Lot 601 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, odd squarish shape with long, th

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, odd squarish shape with long, thick protrusion, crude hole in corner, and Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on cross, ex-Almanzar. KM-46; Cal-Type 108. 27.16 grams. Whale-profile flan (full weight) with prominent "tail," rather crude hole for "eye" at bottom of shield with denomination 8 visible to right, deep countermark (complete) on one quadrant of nearly full cross, About Fine with toning in crevices. With collector tag M-S3-24 ("Moby-Dick"). Pedigreed to the Almanzar auction of November 1981 (lot 743).