Countermarked Tokens from the Collection of Neil Beaton
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Lot 553
Date of Auction: 2nd April 2014
Sold for £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
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