MEXICO. 8 Escudos, 1773-Mo FM. Mexico City Mint. Charles III. NGC MS-61. KM-156.2; Onza-762. The rarer of the two sub-types, having the inverted mintmark. Exceptional quality for this SCARCER transitional issue, which began the practice of placing the mintmark to point towards the rim rather than into the central designs. A beautiful coin, this piece exhibits fields that retain significant reflective gleam, while the designs are impressively sharp, without even the slightest appearance of weakness. The single finest graded example of the date at NGC or PCGS, with no other examples of either variety appearing at the Mint State quality tier. From the Oro del Nuevo Mundo Collection.