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Create new listThomas and Robert Arthur were muslin manufacturers recorded at various addresses in Glasgow c. 1799-1826.
Scotland, GLASGOW (Lanarkshire), T. & R. Arthur, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1805th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked t & r arthur glasgow around 5/, the issuer’s name cancelled with a grille pattern, a subsidiary countermark of g p crowned at side, 26.94g/12h (Manville 35; Hodge 035S/003a, this coin; KM. CC38). Coin and countermarks good fine, very rare £800-£1,000
Jess Peters Auction 68, 22 January 1974, lot 277; Numisma Leiloes Auction (Lisbon), 10 April 1992, lot 372; Hess-Divo Auction (Zürich), 10 May 2000, lot 575; (from the Thomas Faistauer Collection [per George Kolbe in The Asylum, volume 32, number 1, January-March 2014]).
13 known with 5 in institutions. The 5 shilling denomination suggests a circulation period c. 1815-20.
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