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Create new listThe issuer was Archibald James Hamilton (1793-1834), who served as a Lieutenant in the 4th Dragoons in the Peninsula and with the Royal Scots Greys at Waterloo before retiring from the army on grounds of ill-health in 1816. In retirement he successfully farmed the Dalzell estates, paying workers with suitably countermarked 5-franc pieces he brought home from France in 1816.
Merchant Issues, Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, Dalzell, Dalzell Farm, a France, Napoleon I, 5 Francs, 1811a, Paris, rev. countermarked payable at dalzell farm, six-petalled rosette, 24.81g/6h (Manville 20; Hodge 020S.016a, this coin; KM. CC22). Coin fair, reverse better, countermark very fine £1,200-£1,500
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt.
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W. Allen Collection, Spink Auction 34, 14-15 March 1984, lot 37; J. Hoare, Torex Auction, 10 October 1986, lot 82; DNW Auction 43, 9 October 1999, lot 1093
Most known specimens are struck with the countermark neatly encircling the figure 5 on the host coin - suggesting that they were intended to circulate at a value of 5 Shillings.
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