Lot 1578

Sale 58 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, The W.J.Noble Collection of British Tokens

Buteshire, Rothsay Millls two shillings and sixpence or halfcrown, a Charles III cut half of eight reales Spanish American mint, 17 (?) countermarked with 'payable at Rothsay Mills' in a circle around a sunken rectangle containing 2/6 (Davis 63). Host coin very good countermark good fine, very rare.

Ex Walker Allen (lot 26) Collection. Twelve coins known with this countermark.