The real de a ocho coin was discovered last month in an excavation at the site of the Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe. It was placed on a flat stone in the foundations of the colony's first church.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has been viewing all of this as steps or small steps in the right direction, but will they be enough for the government that declared itself aggrieved by the Spanish monarch's latest statements? It won't be enough, says Humberto Beck, a historian at the Colegio de Mexico. The Mexican government will undoubtedly appreciate it, but will receive it as a substitute for an official apology.