Lanarkshire (1810) 5 shillings
This specimen was lot 30236 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Scotland - Peru. Lanarkshire. Glasgow. Thistle Bank. 5 Shillings, ND (ca. 1810). PCGS EF-45. Bifacial Countermark: '5/:' within 'THISTLE BANK' within incuse circle; Reverse: Thistle sideways pointing right. Applied to the center of a 1788-LIMAE IJ Peru 8 Reales of Charles III. A RARE and intriguing example, this specimen does exhibit some charming toning nearer the edges, and with great clarity especially to the obverse stamp. From the Richard August Collection." Scotland in the early nineteenth century was tearing into the Industrial Revolution and manufacturers were eager for coin to facilitate trade. As the Royal Mint could not keep up, many private issues appeared. Spanish dollars circulated freely and many of these were countermarked; the SCWC records over a hundred different countermarks. Today they are all rare. This counterstamp is attributed to 1810.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW (host coin).
Catalog reference: KM-CC48.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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