Pedigreed Thistle Bank Countermark

CNG 99, Lot: 1270. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND, Countermarked coinage. Lanarkshire, Glasgow. Thistle Bank. AR Four Shillings Nine Pence (39mm, 27.09 g). Struck circa 1803. · THISTLE BANK, around 4/9, heavily cancelled in circular cartouche / Thistle countermarked on a Mexican 8 Reales dated 1789 Mo FM. For countermark: Manville p. 93, 46 (this coin cited). For host: ME 13829. Good VF, toned.

Ex Buckland, Dix, & Webb (1 June 1994), lot 985; Classical Numismatic Review 19.3 (3rd Quarter 1994), no. 749; Walter Allen Collection (Spink 34, 14 March 1984), lot 50; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXX.11 (November 1972), no. 10580; D. W. Grey (23 March 1972), lot 65; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 590 (October 1967), no. SC511.