The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

Scotland, Rothesay (Bute), Rothsay Cotton Works, a FRANCE, Louis XV, Ecu aux rameaux d’olivier, 1735l, Bayonne, obv. countermarked rothsay cotton works · around 4/6 1820, no privy mark at base of rev. shield, 28.29g/6h (Manville X92; Hodge X092aS.001b, this coin; Hodge SNC January 2014, p.127; KM. CC100). Coin nearly fine, countermark good fine but now considered false £200-£300

A. Chesser Collection, DNW Auction 113, 17 September 2013, lot 377; DNW Auction 122, 2-3 April 2014, lot 584.