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Auction: 22105 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 20 - The Wootton Collection of English Silver Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 2561

George III (1760-1820), Emergency Issues (1797-1799), Contemporary Forgery Oval-Countermark Dollar (8-Reales), 1774-FM, Mexico City, laureate and draped bust of Charles III right, unofficial oval countermark of George III in centre, rev. crowned square-topped shield dividing pillars, security edge, 26.92g, 12h (cf. Bull 1852; cf. ESC 129; cf. Spink 3765A), a nick at one o'clock, otherwise lightly cleaned but pleasingly lustrous, the host coin a bolder fine / very fine, the countermark clearly forged but very fine, unusual

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