Lot 1799

Description

Scotland, Buteshire, Rothsay, Rothsay Cotton Works owned by William Kelly, four shillings and sixpence, 1820, a Ferdinand VII Mexico City Mint eight reales 1819 countermarked Rothsay Cotton Works in a circle 4/6 above 1820 within the inner circle, (Manville 92, Davis 61). Host coin good fine, countermark very fine and rare.

Four other coins known with this countermark on an 1819 Mexico Mint eight reales.