Scottish Countermarked Dollars
Lot 1855 Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday 19th November) Scottish Countermarked Dollars
Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $6,500
RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, W. Langmuirs' five shillings and threepence, a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales, 1805TH, countermarked on obverse 'Payable by W.Langmuir' around a bishop holding a mitre and flanked by two shields, reverse 'Paisley Dollar Society' around a wreath enclosing 5/3 (Manville 77) (c1813-20). Very fine and very rare, thirteen known.
Ex Glendining Sale, 4 April 1979 (lot 346), W.J.Noble (lot 1616) and K.A.Hicks collections.
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