The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

Scotland, Paisley (Renfrewshire), J. Muir, a MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1811hj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked j. muir manufr · paisley — around 5/·, rev. countermarked with the Prince of Wales’ feathers, ich dien on scroll, the obv. countermark cancelled with horizontal cuts, 26.72g/12h (Manville 83; Hodge 083S/017a, this coin; KM. CC87). Coin and countermarks better than fine; a specimen with an illustrious provenance £1,000-£1,200

W.J. Davis Collection, Glendining Auction, 29-30 July 1924, lot 117; A. Thellusson Collection part I, Sotheby Auction, 19-20 October 1931, lot 379; F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 192; H. M. Lingford Collection, Glendining Auction, 24 October 1950, lot 771; SCMB, April 1952, 7313; H.D. Gibbs, Collection; Hans Schulman Auction 30 (New York), 19 November 1960, lot 361, D.W. Grey Auction (London), 31 March 1971, lot 56; H.D. Rauch Auction (Vienna), 2-4 November 1972, lot 2267; Galerie des Monnaies Auction (Los Angeles, CA), 10-11 June 1978, lot 3158; Almanzar Auction (San Antonio, TX), 5 December 1978, lot 0757; Marian .A. Sinton Collection, CNG Triton Auction III, 30 November-1 December 1999, lot 1646.

21 known with 11 in institutions.