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Create new listFrom 1804, Andrew Gibson was listed as a manufacturer and cotton yarn merchant. He died in 1817.
Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Lochwinnoch, Andrew Gibson & Co, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1800fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked a. gibson. & co. lochwinnoch. within circular band around 5/·, 26.91g/12h (Manville 67; Hodge 067S.009a, this coin; KM. CC77). Coin good fine but with minor obverse rim nicks, countermark very fine, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt.
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E. Gribben Collection, Sotheby Auction, 23-6 November 1925, lot 496; F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 189; H.M. Lingford Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 24-6 October 1950, lot 769; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 19 November 1960, lot 358; DNW Auction 113, 17 September 2013. lot 388
These issues probably circulated c. 1804-10 [Manville p.132]. Hodge lists nine specimens, six of which are in institutions.
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