CNG 99, Lot: 1271. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND, Countermarked coinage. Renfrewshire, Paisley. William Langmuir – Paisley Dollar Society. AR Dollar – 5 Shillings 3 Pence (40mm, 26.46 g). Struck circa 1814-1815. PAYABLE BY W. LANG[MUIR], bishop standing facing, holding croizer, coat-of-arms to left, coat-of-arms on tree to right, all within beaded border in circular cartouche / · PAISLEY DOLLAR [SOCIE]TY, 5/3 within wreath, all heavily cancelled within scalloped circular cartouche, countermarked on a Mexican 8 Reales dated 1807 Mo TH. For countermark: Manville p. 155, 77 (this coin cited?). For host: ME 13974. Countermark Near VF. Host Near VF, toned.