British, Irish and Scottish Coins

Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1794fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked thistle bank · around 4/9, rev. countermarked with a thistle placed sideways, 26.68g/12h (Manville 46, and p.93, this coin listed). Trifling obverse edge knock at 7 o’clock and with inverted g stamped in obverse field, otherwise coin and countermarks about very fine £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Countermarked Dollars, Property of the late Lt.-Cdr W. E. McLaughlin.

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Provenance: J. Meili Collection; V.M. Brand Collection; Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1631