British, Irish and Scottish Coins

Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, a Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1821rg, Zacatecas, obv. countermarked j & a. muir * greenock · * around 4/6, 27.72g/12h (Manville 59, and p.116, this coin listed). Coin fine but slightly off-centre, countermark about very fine but partially weak
£700-900

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: V.M. Brand Collection; Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1637.

James and Andrew Muir, haberdashers and straw hat manufacturers, William street, Greenock, established 1808