^Lot 620 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible (J), style of 1712-14, long and wid

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible (J), style of 1712-14, long and wide shape with rounded "cabo de barra" end. S-M22; KM-47; Cal-Type 170. 27.15 grams. Three rounded sides and one straight(-ish) top (indicative of a single cut from the end of a bar, or "cabo de barra"), nicely aligned with the nearly full shield and (weaker) cross, denomination 8 visible, Fine+ with dark sediment in crevices. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of February 1997, with original lot-tag 440, also with collector tag M-S2-41 ("Powder Flask").