Scottish Coins, Scotland, Renfrewshire, Greenock, McFie, Lindsay & Co, Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8-reales, 1817, J.J., Mexico City, obv. ring countermark, MCFIE LINDSAY & COY * GREENOCK, 4/6 in centre (Manville 57, and p.112, this coin listed; Hodge, BNJ 2009, p. 243, no.9, this coin; Hodge, SNC December 2011, pp.137-38; KM. CC58), coin fine though large piercing at top, countermark very fine
*ex. A.T. Macmillan Collection [from R. Milcarek, December 1994]; DNW Auction, 28 September 2006 (lot 1034); DNW Auction, 2 April, 2014 (lot 566)
McFie, Lindsay & Co, wholesale grocers, 3 William Street, fl. 1815-34; their countermarked dollars were withdrawn during August 1828. The details of the provenance of this coin, as given by Manville, should be ignored. (500-600 GBP)