Scottish Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, Archibald King, a MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1811hj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked a king greenock around 4/6, 26.67g/12h (Manville 55, and p.110; Hodge 055S.005a, this coin; KM. CC55). Coin and countermark very fine and attractively toned, very rare and with an exceptionally distinguished provenance £4,000-£6,000

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

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W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 14-15 February 1923, lot 90; W.J. Davis Collection, Glendining Auction, 29-30 July 1924, lot 112; A. Thellusson Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 19-20 October 1931, lot 395; F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 181; H.M. Lingford Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 24-6 October 1950, lot 760; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 19 November 1960, lot 345; DNW Auction 113, 17 September 2013, lot 385

The coins probably circulated c. 1820-25 [Manville p.110]. Hodge lists 12 known specimens, five of which are in public collections.