Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, J. & A. Muir, a GUATEMALA, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1821m, Nueva Guatemala, obv. countermarked j & a. muir * greenock · * around 4/6, 26.84g/12h (Manville 59; Hodge, 059S.024a, this coin; KM. CC59). Coin fine, lightly scored on reverse, countermark better but weak on one side £1,000-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt.

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SCMB April 1950 (5323); SCMB April 1952 (7309); J.J. Pittman Collection, David Akers Auction (Florida), 6-8 August 1999, lot 3999b

Like most of the Greenock issues, these probably circulated in the 1820s [Manville p.116].