British, Irish and Scottish Coins

Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Deanston, a Mexico, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1773fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked * deanston works *, bee-hive and bees, five shillings below, 26.81g/12h (Manville X22, and p.58, this coin listed). Coin and countermark very fine, the latter modern (c. 1930) and not known as a contemporary original £300-500

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: F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 175; H.M. Lingford Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-6 October 1950, lot 755; F. Willis Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 7 October 1991, lot 457