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In an 1820 trade directory, John Rodger Junior was listed as a linen and woollen draper at William Street, Greenock. The following year, he opened a new shop ‘at the Square under the Greenock Coffee House’. [Manville p.117]
Scotland, Greenock (Renfrewshire), John Rodger Jun., a GUATEMALA, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1819m, Nueva Guatemala, obv. countermarked john rodger jun * greenock · * around 4/6, 26.89g/12h (Manville 60; Hodge, 060S.008b, this coin; KM. CC59). Host fine, countermark slightly better, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Ponterio Auction (New York), 13 January 2006, lot 2102.
9 known with 5 in institutions. Probably circulated c. 1820-25.
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