1873-A NGC AU Mexico 8 Reales Alamos Mint Rare Cap Rays Silver Coin (24032101C) panama draped laureate bust right with

draped laureate bust right with drapery on left shoulder

and in bestowing grain to the people

War Galley ship traveling right with rowers and pilot and upper structure housing

only 2 higher (MS64)

Extremely Fine and Almost Uncirculated examples appear fairly frequently

1873-A NGC AU Mexico 8 Reales Alamos Mint Rare Cap Rays Silver Coin (24032101C) panama draped laureate bust right withAlmost Uncirculated Mexico silver 8 reales coin. Struck at Alamos Mint (mint mark A), assayer AM. Dunigan As11: "Slightly scarce. This date normally comes Very Fine with chopmarks or test scratches, a result of most of the issue being sent to the Orient. Almost Uncirculated or better is rare but does turn up occasionally and certainly more so than previous issues. The 3 in the date is unique to this coin and nothing similar appears in the entire