The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

Scotland, CATRINE (Ayrshire), Catrine Cotton Works, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1799fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked catrine · cotton · works no. 1002 around 4/9, 26.64g/12h (Manville 18; Hodge 018S.005a, this coin; KM. CC17). Coin good fine, countermark very fine, toned, rare £3,000-£4,000

From the Hispanic Society of America Collection; .Huntington Collection ref. 1001.1.18667; Numismatica Genevensis Auction 7, 27-28 November 2012, lot 961

12 known with 8 in institutions.
The coins form a complex series, stamped at various different rates, using several different shapes and each stamp is individually numbered - the only example of this in the entire countermarked issue. The 4/9d issue probably dates from c. 1800 [Manville pp.39ff].