Scottish Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Deanston, Adelphi Cotton Works, a France, Louis XV, Half-Écu aux lauriers 1759w, Lille, obv. countermarked adelphi cotton work around a woolsack, 14.24g/6h (Manville 24; Hodge 024S.019a, this coin; Brodie 233). Coin about fine, countermark a little better, rare £800-£1,000

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

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Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 954

These tokens are believed to have circulated between 1785 and 1794 [Manville pp.56-7].