Important British and World Coins

Glasgow, a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1797fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked thistle bank · around 4/9, rev. countermarked with a sideways thistle, 26.60g/12h (Manville 46, and p.94, item b, this coin; D 80; Seaby ST 49). Coin and countermarks fine (£800-1,000)

Provenance:
Otto Helbing Auction (Munich), 14 December 1933, lot 386
acquired recently in Argentina.

The full provenance for this coin given in Manville is incorrect. The Thistle Bank was founded by Sir Walter Maxwell Bt, and James Ritchie & Co in November 1761, and was capitalised at £7,000. Located at first in Bridgegate and then in Virginia street, it was absorbed by the Glasgow Union Bank in 1836