Description
Country or authority: Mexico, Mexican Republic
Year or date range: 1863
Denomination: 8 reales
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Republican issue; no ruler portrait.
Mint or mintmark: Guanajuato; G visible, superscript o indistinct. Assayer initials Y.F.
Catalogue references: KM 377.8
Obverse description: Eagle side, supplied as the second photograph: legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA. Eagle with spread wings, head turned right as photographed, holding a snake in its beak and talon; perched on a cactus above a rocky, watery base, with a wreath below.
Reverse description: Cap side, supplied as the first photograph: liberty cap surrounded by rays, inscribed LIBERTA[D]. Peripheral legend reads ★ 8R · G[ᵒ] · 1863 · Y · F · 10D[ˢ] · 20G[ˢ]. Bracketed characters are indistinct rather than demonstrably absent.
Description and condition notes: Mexican cap-and-rays 8 reales dated 1863 with Y.F. initials. Both sides show wear, numerous fine scratches, scattered small punch-like depressions and rim marks. The cap and eagle’s central details are flattened.
