366, Lot: 1043. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Guerra de Independencia. Royalist contermarked issues. City of Monclova / La Comandancia Militar. AR 8 Reales (41mm, 26.22 g). MVA/ 1811 in two rectangular cartouches and LCM in rectangular cartouche counterstamped on a cast Mexican 8 reales dated 1806 Mo TH . Cf. BW 82.2 and 75.1 (for stamps individually on other undertypes); cf. Grove 2173 and 2157 (same); cf. KM 201 and 194.1 (same); Ponterio 173 (11 January 2013), lot 1545. Countermarks Good VF, Host Crude VF.