Nottinghamshire, East Retford, a Mexico, Charles IV, 8-Reales, 1792, Mexico City, FM, obverse countermarked with a crowned ampersand (Davis 41; Seaby CD 9). Coin and countermark about very fine but edge knock by 2 of date, scarce (£250-300)

Ex Allen (11 – from P. Deane, Oct. 1978) and Noble (1572). The issuer was John Cartwright (1740-1824), proprietor of the Revolution Mill, built on the north side of Spital Hill, Retford, and opened in 1788. The mill was in disuse by the turn of the 19th century and after the building was sold in 1805 Cartwright moved to London