Lot 1768
Sale 82 · Important Australian, British & World Coins, Medals, Banknotes, Orders & Decorations
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Description
Scotland, George III, token coinage, Renfrewshire, Greenock, John McKenzie & Son, four shillings and sixpence, struck on a Republic of Central America NG (Nueva Guatemala) 1827M silver eight reales, countermarked J.McK. & Son Greenock around 4/6 in the centre all in a sunken circle with indented edge (Manville p.114-5, Pl.26, 3 [This Coin], Davis 100). Attractive deep tone, very fine, the coin type with this countermark apparently unique.
Ex Downie's Auction Sale 252, October 19, 1993 (lot 1919). Twenty-five specimens known, issued between 1815-1825 but only one on a Republic of South America eight reales.
- Estimate
- $1,500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $6,400