The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

Scotland, Greenock (Renfrewshire), Archibald King, a Guatemala, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1819m, Nueva Guatemala, obv. countermarked a king greenock around 4/6, 26.70g/12h (Manville 55, and p.110; Hodge 055S.010a, this coin; KM. CC55). Host good fine, countermark better, very rare £1,500-£1,800

Douglas Weaver FPL 3, The Lima Collection, Autumn 1972 [1075]; Sotheby Auction, 30 March 1973, lot 281; A. Pearce Collection.

10 known with 5 in institutions