Mexican 8 Reales with an unusual chopmark (Endless / Bowen knot?) - Opinions needed!

Greetings from Spain,

I'm a new member here, so apologies in advance for any errors!

I'd love to get your thoughts on this Mexican 8 Reales. It has several chopmarks, but one of them caught my attention because it seems rather uncommon. From what I've found, it looks like an "endless knot" (or mystic/Bowen knot). If anyone has further details or history about this particular mark, I'd be very grateful if you could share.

Additionally, considering it might be a rare chopmark, do you guys think it's worth submitting to NGC?

Cheers!

 

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Very interesting coin. I've seen a lot of chopmarks but nothing like that one. Although I'm an avid collector of counterstamps, I have no chopmarked coins nor have I ever studied them.

My only thought is is it really a chopmark or something added at a later time. It just looks very different than anything I've seen before. Good luck in your research and I hope someone here can help you.

Bruce

 

What's a Chopmark?
Lines on a Porkchop?

 

I keep coming back to look at this. Now the only experience I have with chopmarked coins is with trade dollars and the early Spanish pieces of eight.... Here's my quandary.... That 8 reales shows somewhere between 6-8 chopmarks. That tells me that coin has see a lot of trade.... Yet, the coin itself appears near mint state. I cannot reason out in my mind how a coin that has seen that much trade can be in such a state of preservation. Admittedly, I am not a world coin guy so I may be barking up the wrong tree here.

 

Cool coin with an interesting knot but I know nothing about chopmarks! That said I wouldn't have it graded as the chopmark shows the coin is legit to most collectors! Your decision though, here's a couple of my Mexican Reales coins, I can't miss a posting opportunity!