Auction Catalogue

24 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 4095

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24 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£950

Countermarked Token Issues, Renfrewshire, Greenock, a Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1822rg, Zacatecas, obv. countermarked j & a muir greenock around 4/6, 26.63g (Manville 59, this coin not listed; D 103; Seaby ST 59). Coin fine but has been burnished in the past, countermark very fine, believed the latest known host coin for this mark (£1,200-1,500)

James and Andrew Muir, haberdashers and straw hat manufacturers, William street, Greenock, established 1808