Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Countermarked Token Issues, Renfrewshire, Greenock, a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1791fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked mcfie lindsay & coy greenock around 4/6, additional incuse s stamped under the 4, 26.69g (Manville 57, this coin listed; D 102, this coin; Seaby ST 58; Meili p.241, 37, this coin). Coin fine and toned, countermark very fine but only the g in greenock distinct, very rare (£2,500-3,000)

Provenance:
J. Fonrobert Collection, Adolph Weyl Auction (Berlin), 1878, lot 6422
G.F. Ulex Collection, Adolph Hess Auction (Frankfurt), 2 May 1908, lot 122
V.M. Brand Collection
R.H. Norweb Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1636
G. Förster Collection, Peus Auction 394 (Frankfurt), 31 October 2007, lot 1326.

McFie, Lindsay & Co, wholesale grocers, William street, Greenock