Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND, Countermarked coinage. Lanarkshire, New Lanark. Lanark Mills. AR Five Shillings (39mm, 26.76 g). Struck early 19th century. (lozenge) PAYABLE AT LANARKMILLS around 5/– within circle, all countermarked on a Mexican 8 Reales dated 1777 Mo FF. For countermark: Manville p. 146, 69. For host: KM 106.2. Countermark VF, Host Coin Fine, toned.


Ex Heritage 378 (5 June 2005), lot 14408.