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Lot 550

George III, Bank of England, a SPAIN, Charles III, 4 Réales, 1773cf, Seville, obv. countermarked with head of George III in oval, 13.16g/12h (ESC 611; S 3767). Coin and countermark good fine £250-300

Sold for £370

Lot 551

DERBYSHIRE, Cromford, Richard Arkwright, a MEXICO, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1773fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked cromford · derbyshire · around 4/9, 25.84g/12h (Manville 104, this coin listed; KM. 643). Coin mediocre, countermark fine £800-1,000

Sold for £880

Lot 552

LANCASHIRE, Cark-in-Cartmel, Cark Cotton Works, a MEXICO, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1777fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked cark cotton works 1787, rev. countermarked four shillings and six pence, 26.29g/12h (Manville 101, and p.202, this coin not listed; Hodge, SNC April 2001, pp.93-5; KM. –). Coin fair and has been cleaned, countermarks generally fine, rare £900-1,200

Sold for £700

Lot 553

BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Cotton Works, a MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1813fp, Zacatecas, obv. countermarked rothsay cotton works · around 4/6 1820, privy mark at base of rev. shield, 26.44g/12h (Manville 92, and p.181, this coin listed; Hodge, BNJ 2009, p.245; KM. CC100). Coin mediocre and scratched on obverse, countermark very fine, rare £1,000-1,500

Sold for £1,000

Lot 554

BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Mills, a Spanish-American cut Third-Dollar, obv. countermarked payable at rothsay mills ◊ around 1/8 in circle, 7.86g (Manville 96 and p.183, item t, this coin; Hodge, SNC January 2014, p.129; KM. CC94). Coin worn almost flat, countermark fine £600-800

Sold for £1,100

Lot 555

BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Mills, an ANGLESEY, Parys Mine Co, imitation ‘Promissory’ Halfpenny, 1793 (DH Anglesey 451), obv. countermarked payable at rothsay mills ◊, 9.64g/6h (Scott 60.1A; D 65). Token fair to fine, countermark very fine £150-200

Sold for £650

Lot 556

CLACKMANNANSHIRE, Alloa, Alloa Colliery, a contemporary base metal counterfeit of a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1794fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked payable at alloa colliery + around 5/ incuse, 23.57g/12h (Manville 5, and p.14, item n, this coin; KM. CC1). Coin mediocre and with two striking cracks, countermark about very fine £500-700

Sold for £750

Lot 557

LANARKSHIRE, Dalzell, Dalzell Farm, a FRANCE, Napoleon I, 5 Francs, 1812b, Rouen, rev. countermarked payable at dalzell farm, 24.42g/6h (Manville 20, and p.53, this coin listed; Hodge, SNC October 2006, pp.265-7; Brunk p.51, this coin; KM. CC22). Coin fair, countermark very fine £800-1,000

Sold for £850

Lot 558

LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, D. Campbell & Co (?), a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1803ft, Mexico City, obv. countermarked d c and 12-pointed rosette, 26.59g/12h (Manville 51, and pp.100-1, this coin not listed; Elizondo p.243, no.3, this coin; KM. CC40). Coin about fine and toned but with graffiti on both sides, countermarks about very fine, very rare £1,000-1,500

Sold for £800

Lot 559

LANARKSHIRE, New Lanark, Lanark Mills, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1792fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked payable at lanark mills around 5/, flaw through l of payable, 26.61g/12h (Manville 69; KM. CC66). Coin fine but edge knocked, countermark fine £600-800

Sold for £580

Lot 560

LANARKSHIRE, New Lanark, Lanark Mills, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1792fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked payable at lanark mills around 5/, 26.53g/12h (Manville 69; KM. CC66). Coin about fine and brightly cleaned, countermark very fine £600-800

Sold for £800

Lot 561

PERTHSHIRE, Deanston, Adelphi Cotton Works, a George III imitation Halfpenny, date indeterminate, rev. countermarked adelphi cotton work around a woolsack, 7.43g/6h (Scott 77.1c; Hodge, SNC June 2002, pp.110-12, December 2009, p.210; D 91). Coin worn, countermark about very fine £100-150

Sold for £220

Lot 562

PERTHSHIRE, Deanston, Deanston Cotton Mill, a LANCASHIRE, Manchester, John Fielding, Halfpenny, 1793 (cf. DH Lancashire 131), obv. countermarked deanston cotton mill, 8.74g/6h (Scott 77.2; D 94). Coin fine and patinated, countermark very fine £150-200

Sold for £680

Lot 563

PERTHSHIRE, Deanston, a copper blank, stamped on one side * deanston works *, bee-hive and bees, five shillings · below, 8.42g (Manville p.57, and pl. 9, 4; cf. W. Allen Sale, 84). Good very fine; a modern concoction made c. 1930, no contemporary originals known £300-350

Sold for £250

Lot 564

PERTHSHIRE, Doune, Mrs Somervill, a CHESHIRE, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, imitation Halfpenny, 17[92] (DH Cheshire 67), obv. countermarked payable at mrs somervills · down ·, 9.04g/6h (Scott, SNC May 1980, 77.6A; D 120). Token worn almost flat, countermark fine and clear, very rare £200-250

Sold for £600

Lot 565

PERTHSHIRE, Doune, Mrs Somervill, an indeterminate Georgian Halfpenny, one side countermarked payable at mrs somervills · down ·, 6.94g (Scott, SNC May 1980, 77.6A; D 120). Coin worn almost flat, countermark fine and clear, very rare £200-250

Sold for £780

Lot 566

RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, McFie, Lindsay & Co, a MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1817jj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked mcfie lindsay & coy * greenock * around 4/6, 25.92g/12h (Manville 57, and p.112, this coin listed; Hodge, BNJ 2009, p.243, no.9, this coin; Hodge, SNC December 2011, pp.137-8; KM. CC58). Coin fine but pierced, countermark very fine £800-1,000

Sold for £700

Lot 567

RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, J. McK[—], a PERU, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1794ij, Lima, obv. countermarked j. mck · & Son greenock around 4/6, 26.39g/12h (Manville 58, and p.114, this coin listed; KM. CC57). Coin with obverse fine, reverse about very fine and toned, countermark good fine £1,200-1,500

Sold for £1,400

Lot 568

RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, J. & A. Muir, a GUATEMALA, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1821m, Nueva Guatemala, obv. countermarked j & a. muir * greenock · * around 4/6, 26.49g/12h (Manville 59, and p.116, item g, this coin listed; Hodge, SNC October 2007, pp.254-5; KM. CC59). Coin about fine and toned but with attempted piercing on reverse, countermark very fine, rare £1,200-1,500

Sold for £900

Lot 569

RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, W. Langmuir, Paisley Dollar Society, a PERU, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1781mi, Lima, obv. countermarked payable by w · langmuir · around bishop holding mitre and flanked by two shields, rev. countermarked paisley dollar society · around 5/3 encircled in wreath, the rev. countermark cancelled with a grille pattern, 26.02g/12h (Manville 77, this coin listed; KM. CC83). Coin poor, countermarks fair, that on obverse mostly obl...

Sold for £1,100

Lot 570

RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, J. Muir, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1796fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked j. muir manufr · paisley — around 5/·, rev. countermarked with the Prince of Wales’ feathers, ich dien on scroll, the obv. countermark cancelled with a grille pattern, 26.41g/12h (Manville 83, and p.162, item a, this coin; KM. CC87). Coin and countermarks fair, that on reverse mostly obliterated £900-1,200

Sold for £1,200

Lot 571

STIRLINGSHIRE, Fintry, Culcreuch Mill, a LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, Halfpenny, 1792 (DH Lancashire 98), rev. countermarked payable at culcreuch mill * around thos. whyte stamped in centre, 12.43g/6h (Scott 83.5; D 116). Host token fair to fine, countermarks fine or better, rare £200-250

Sold for £150

Lot 572

William the Lion (1165-1214), Early issues, Penny, mint and moneyer uncertain (perhaps Berwick, Willame), small crowned bust right with sceptre, [——]l·mvs·[—], rev. short cross pattée, cross pommées in angles, [——]e · bl[——], 1.04g/9h (Stewart intermediate type; SCBI 35 –; cf. B 1, fig. 26; S 5022). Small of flan and much of legends missing, otherwise better than very fine with a strong portrait of unusual style, extremely ra...

Sold for £5,500

Lot 573

Alexander III (1249-86), First coinage, Sterling, type III, Lanark, Wilam, wilam on · l, 1.48g/10h (cf. SCBI 35, 125, same rev. die; B 67, fig. 115; S 5043). Reverse off-centre, otherwise nearly very fine, rare £400-500

Sold for £550

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