More Reales! These the ones kept at New Lanark, overstamped with the mark of those mills. As we saw the other day, Blantyre had them too during the early 19th Century. Here’s another example. BLANTYRE WORKS in a circle around 5/- in a circle. The countermark exists on a dollar of Ferdinand VII, 1814, […]
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Countermarked Silver Reales Tokens
Eric Hodge has sent these photos in of a “coin” marked “Blantyreworks”. These coins are Mexican 8 Reales (Dollars) and were used at a time when coinage in Britain was scarce (possibly due to the wars with France). These coins are silver, and were overstamped with usually the 5/- mark and used at New […]