The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

Scotland, Glasgow (Lanarkshire), Thistle Bank, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1796fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked thistle bank · around 4/9, cancelled by a grille pattern, rev. countermarked with horizontal thistle, 26.92g/12h (Manville 46; Hodge 046S.046b, this coin; KM. CC49). Coin and obverse countermark nearly very fine, reverse stamp weak because of obverse cancellation
£800-£1,000

Waldo Newcomer (1867-1934) Collection (Baltimore, USA), portion sold to H. Schulman. H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 19 November 1960, lot 366; Baldwin FPL, Summer 2016 (SC044).

64 known with 27 in institutions. Only four cancelled examples known.