The Eric Hodge Collection of British Merchant Coins

England, Cromford (Derbyshire), a PERU, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1802ij, Lima, obv. countermarked cromford · derbyshire · around 5s [over 4/9], 27.36g/12h (Manville 102; Hodge 102E.018a, this coin; KM. 643). Host fine, countermark better, very rare £1,000-£1,200

G.L. Lee Collection, Schulman-Kreisberg Auction (New York), 23 May 1958, lot 678; N. Asherson Collection, Spink Auction 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 222; A. Pearce Collection.

15 known with 6 in institutions.