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Create new listIn 1780, the second cotton-spinning mill in Scotland was built at Dovecothall, Barrhead, on the banks of the River Levern. Acquired by Stewart Dunlop and Co. in 1794, it was modernised and expanded over the next few years.
Scotland, Barrhead (Renfrewshire), Levern Mill, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1797fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked levern mill s d & co around 5/6, this cancelled with grid pattern, with additional sd countermark at side, 26.26g/12h (Manville 8 and p.24; Hodge 008S.002b, this coin; Hodge SNC August 2006, pp.200-2, SNC September 2013, pp.66-7 and BNJ 88, 2018, pp.202-6; KM. CC73). Nearly very fine, very rare £3,000-£4,000
London Coin Auction 160, 17 March 2018, lot 1222
9 known with 5 in institutions. The five shillings and sixpence face value suggests this type was issued around 1810-12.
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