Auction Catalogue

17 September 2013

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British and Scottish Coins and Countermarked Tokens from the Collection of the late Arthur Chesser

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 387

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17 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£4,300

Scotland, renfrewshire, Hurlet, John Wilson & Son, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1795fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked j · j w. hurlet around 5/·, 26.46g/12h (Manville 64b, this coin not listed; KM. CC63, type II). Coin good fine and toned but with large old X-shaped scratch across obverse, countermark very fine, very rare; believed only 6 or 7 specimens extant of this type II mark £1,500-2,000