Important British and World Coins

Rothsay, a Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1813fp, Zacatecas, obv. countermarked rothsay cotton works · around 4/6 1820 ·, 25.50g/12h (Manville 92, and p.181, this coin listed; D 61; Seaby ST 100). Coin mostly worn flat, countermark fine, usual small privy mark at base of shield on reverse (£500-600)

Provenance:
W. Allen Collection, Spink Auction 34, 14-15 March 1984, lot 23 [from Hamilton July 1974]
A.T. Macmillan Collection.

The Rothsay cotton works, built in 1779 by James Kenyon, was acquired by David Dale (1739-1806) in 1785. By 1815 the business had passed into the ownership of two Glaswegians, William Kelly and Robert Thom, who were responsible for the issue of the tokens, which could only be spent at the company shop