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Create new listThe location of issue and identity of the issuer are not known. A possible link between the floral pattern design on inkle linen tapes may connect the issue to an inkle works. Manville [p.99] suggests Dale Campbell & Co and, a possible successor, Dick Campbell & Co.
Scotland, Uncertain locality, Glasgow (?), D.C., a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1803ft, Mexico City, obv. countermarked dc and 12-pointed rosette, 26.60g/12h (Manville 51, and pp.100-1; Hodge 051S.012a, this coin; KM. CC40). Obverse and countermark fine, reverse a little better £600-£800
From a Scottish collection, 1910.; F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 150; (possibly) J. Kelly (Dayton, Ohio), 22 August 1956, lot 2367; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 19 November 1960, lot 313; D.W. Grey Auction (London), 3 February 1971, lot 44; W. Allen Collection, Spink Auction 34, 14-15 March 1984, lot 39.
17 known with 5 in institutions.
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