Collection of British Coins
Lot 1768 Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday) Collection of British Coins
Estimate $1,500
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SOLD $6,400
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.
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Lot 1766
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Lot 1767
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SCOTLAND, George III, token coinage, Renfrewshire, Greenock, John McKenzie & Son, four shillings and sixpence, ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 1769
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Lot 1770
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