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Countermarked Tokens, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Thistle Bank, a base metal forgery of a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1794fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked thistle bank · around 4/9, rev. counterstamped with a sideways thistle, 24.06g (Manville X46; cf. Brodie 230). Coin good fine, countermarks about very fine £150-200

Provenance: Bt Phillips (Edinburgh) 1985