Heritage World Coin Auctions
Signature Sale 3029 14-16 January 2014
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Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Lanarkshire, PAYABLE AT DALZELL FARM Countermark on a France AN13 A 5 Francs, KM-CC22, VF25 NGC. A very rare countermarked issue. These pieces were issued by Archibald James Hamilton, a retired soldier who farmed the Dalzell estates. He had been a Lieutenant in the 4th Dragoons in the Iberian Peninsula before retiring. He brought numerous French 5 Franc coins home with him and countermarked them before paying his workers.
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Lanarkshire, PAYABLE AT DALZELL FARM Countermark on a France AN13 A 5 Francs, KM-CC22, VF25 NGC. A very rare countermarked issue. These pieces were issued by Archibald James Hamilton, a retired soldier who farmed the Dalzell estates. He had been a Lieutenant in the 4th Dragoons in the Iberian Peninsula before retiring. He brought numerous French 5 Franc coins home with him and countermarked them before paying his workers.
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD