Scottish Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, McFie Lindsay & Co., a Spain, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1814cj, Madrid, obv. countermarked mcfie lindsay & coy * greenock * around 4/6, 26.62g/12h (Manville 57, and p.112; Hodge 057S.019a, this coin; KM. CC58). Coin good fine, countermark a little better £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 (5321); J.J. Pittman Collection, David Akers Auction (Florida), 6-8 August 1999, lot 3999a

Probably circulated c. 1820-28; withdrawn in August 1828 [Manville pp.110-111]. See introduction.