Important British and World Coins

Paisley, a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1807th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked payable by w. langmuir · around bishop holding mitre and crozier, flanked by two shields, rev. countermarked paisley dollar society · around 5/3 encircled in wreath, 26.35g/12h (Manville 77, and p.155, this coin listed; D 112; Seaby ST 83). Coin fair, countermarks better but that on reverse heavily grille-cancelled (£800-900)

Provenance:
Paul Bosco Auction (New York), 12 June 1994, lot 423
A.T. Macmillan Collection [from Baldwin December 1996].

William Langmuir, miller, Seedhills, 1810; subsequently at Thread street, Paisley, 1812, as a grain dealer, 1813, as a flour factor, Seedhills, 1816; grain merchants at various addresses, Thread street, 1820-38 (Manville p.154)