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Create new listWhile the identity is not certain, these tokens were probably issued by John McKelvie, grocer and spirit dealer of Dalrymple Street and John McKelvie Jr, who was a wholesale grocer and tea dealer in Shaw Street.
Scotland, Greenock (Renfrewshire), J. McK[—], a MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1811hj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked j. mck · & Son greenock around 4/6, 26.29g/12h (Manville 58; Hodge 058S.014a, this coin; SNC December 2011, pp.137-8; KM. CC57). Host about fine, countermark very fine £800-£1,000
Pastor Rowlands Collection, Spink Auction 4, 22 February 1979, lot 733; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1610
39 known with 15 in institutions.
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