The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

Scotland, Rothesay (Bute), Rothsay Mills, a cut half-segment of an Spanish-American 8 Reales, date and moneyer uncertain, obv. countermarked payable at rothsay mills + around 2/6 in oval, 11.95g/12h (Manville 93; Hodge 093S/010b, this coin; KM. CC97). Host worn, countermark good fine, very rare £1,500-£2,000

From an accumulation of coins found in New Zealand; bt eBay 2003

10 known with 5 in institutions. For further reading, see the vendor’s BNS blog ‘Analysis of Cut 8 Reales Countermarked by Rothsay Mills’ [2019].