Important British and World Coins

Rothsay, a Spanish-American cut Third-Dollar, Charles IIII, [—]2, mint indeterminate, obv. countermarked payable at rothsay mills ◊ around 1/8, 8.28g/12h (Manville 96, and p.183, this coin listed [as 1792 Mexico City]; D 64; Seaby ST 97). Coin about fine, countermark very fine (£400-500)

Provenance:
F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 129
Glendining Auction, 24 November 1954, lot 260
‘Bostonian’ Collection, Bank Leu Auction (Zurich), 24-6 October 1990, lot 680
bt Baldwin.

The date on this coin has always been catalogued as 1792 in the past, but what remains of the third digit more resembles a 0 rather than a 9. The extended provenance given for it by Manville to W.J. Davis (and perforce to W. Boyne) should be ignored; the illustration in the Davis sale catalogue depicts a different coin which, moreover, bears an unequivocally clear date