Countermarked Silver Dollars
Lot 1616 Countermarked Silver Dollars
Estimate $1,200
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SOLD $2,400
RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, W. Langmuir's five shillings and three pence or dollar, a Charles IIII, Mexico City Mint eight reales 1805 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 (Davis 112). Very fine and very rare.
Ex Glendinings sale 4 April 1979 (lot 346). Thirteen specimens known, issued from 1813.
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Lot 1614
RENFREWSHIRE, Hurlet, John Wilson five shillings, as the previous except the countermark has been cancelled ...
Estimate $700
Lot 1615
RENFREWSHIRE, Lochwinnoch, A. Gibson & Co. five shillings, a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight ...
Estimate $900
Lot 1616 This lot
RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, W. Langmuir's five shillings and three pence or dollar, a Charles IIII, Mexico ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 1617
RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, W. Langmuir's dollar, as previous including some host coin exactly except countermark cancelled ...
Estimate $550
Lot 1618
RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley J. Muir's five shillings, a Charles IIII Mexico City Mint eight reales 1804 ...
Estimate $450