British Merchant Dollars from the Collection of Michael Gietzelt

Bank of England Issues, SPAIN, Charles IIII, 4 Reales, 1792mf, Madrid, obv. countermarked with head of George III in oval, 13.54g/12h (ESC 1875; S...

Bank of England Issues, MEXICO, Charles IV, 8 Reales, 1802ft, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with head of George III in octagonal frame, 26.87g/1...

The Alloa colliery, owned by John Francis Erskine of Mar, was run by his mine superintendent, Alexander Bald (†1823). Erskine was a relatively enl...

The Catrine Cotton Works was set up by Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle, the landowner and Glasgow merchant David Dale in 1787. Various mills and wo...

The issuer was Archibald James Hamilton (1793-1834), who served as a Lieutenant in the 4th Dragoons in the Peninsula and with the Royal Scots Grey...

Deanston Cotton Mill was built in 1785 by John Buchanan of Carston, near Glasgow, utilising water from the nearby River Teith to power its machine...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Deanston, Adelphi Cotton Works, a France, Louis XV, Half-Écu aux lauriers 1759w, Lille, obv. count...

Galston was known primarily for weaving and textile manufacture. In the early 19th century, working conditions were poor and employment was precar...

The Thistle Bank, founded by Sir Walter Maxwell Bt, and James Ritchie & Co in November 1761, was capitalised at £7,000. Located at first in Bridge...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Thistle Bank, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1793fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked ...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Thistle Bank, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1798fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked ...

The location of issue and identity of the issuer are not known. With its connections to Glasgow’s Ship Bank, the firm of Carrick Brown & Co., a Gl...

The location of issue and identity of the issuer are not known. A possible link between the floral pattern design on inkle linen tapes may connect...

Robert & George Blair were wine and spirit merchants located in West Burn Street from c. 1820 Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, Renfrewshire, ...

This issue was probably issued by Archibald King of Hamilton Street. Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, Archibald King,...

The company were wholesale grocers with premises in William Street between 1815 and 1834. Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIRE, Gree...

While the identity is not certain, these tokens were probably issued by John McKelvie, grocer and spirit dealer of Dalrymple Street and John McKel...

James and Andrew Muir, haberdashers and straw hat manufacturers, William Street, Greenock. Established 1808. Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland,...

This issue was probably made by John Wilson who was associated with various companies around Hurlet (three miles SE of Paisley) involved in quarry...

From 1804, Andrew Gibson was listed as a manufacturer and cotton yarn merchant. He died in 1817. Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, RENFREWSHIR...

Lanark Mills was founded out of the partnership made in 1783 between the Glasgow industrialist David Dale (1739-1806), and Sir Richard Arkwright (...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, New Lanark, Lanark Mills, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1797fm, Mexico City, obv. countermark...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, New Lanark, Lanark Mills, a France, Louis XV, Half-Ecu, 1730 9, Rennes, obv. countermarked payabl...

Although not certain, the most likely issuer of these countermarked issues was John Morris, a thread manufacturer with premises in Abbey Street. H...

Robert Crighton ran a general grocers and wine- and spirit-merchants on King Street and Lyons Lane between c. 1820 and 1835. Merchant Issues - s...

James Steven and Alexander Steven Jr. ran grocers and wine- and spirit-merchants in King Street and Church Street. Merchant Issues - silver, Sco...

The Rothsay cotton works, built in 1779 by James Kenyon, was acquired by David Dale, the proprietor of the Lanark Mills in 1785. By 1815 the busin...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Mills, an uncertain Spanish-American cut Half-Dollar, obv. countermarked payable at ro...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Mills, an uncertain Spanish-American cut Third-Dollar, obv. countermarked payable at r...

Merchant Issues - silver, Scotland, Inverness-shire, a William III, Halfcrown, 1697, edge nono, both sides countermarked invernessshire around cro...

These coins were probably issued by one William Donald, a hosier and clothing and hat manufacturer, listed in the Birmingham trade directories at ...

Thackery, Stockdale & Co, a partnership between James Stockdale (1724-1806), an entrepreneur who lived at Cark House, Joseph Thackery and Joseph R...

Richard Arkwright was one of the pioneers of the industrial revolution, making huge improvements in methods of spinning cotton. He opened a horse-...

The issuer was John Cartwright (1740-1824), proprietor of the Revolution Mill, built on the north side of Spital Hill, Retford, and opened in 1788...

Percy Main Colliery, on the lands of the Duke of Northumberland between Wallsend and North Shields, was opened in 1796 and operated until 1851. ...

The Ouseburn Pottery was built between about 1780 and 1790 and operated until 1864. Merchant Issues - silver, England, NORTHUMBERLAND, Ouseburn,...

Merchant Issues - silver, Uncertain, Uncertain locality, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1804th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked j d 5.6, 26.96g...

Merchant Issues - silver, Uncertain, Uncertain locality, a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1807th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked (j d 5.6), and ...

Merchant Issues - silver, Uncertain, Uncertain Location and Issuer, a PERU, Charles III, 8 Reales, 1779mj, Lima, obv. countermarked with an uncert...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, Perthshire, Deanston, Adelphi Cotton Works, an uncertain copper Halfpenny, countermarked * adelphi * cotton wo...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, Perthshire, Deanston, Adelphi Cotton Works, a copper George III Halfpenny, 1775 (?) countermarked * adelphi * ...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, Perthshire, Deanston, Deanston Cotton Mill, an uncertain copper Halfpenny, countermarked deanston cotton mill,...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Doune, John Mitchel, an uncertain copper Halfpenny, countermarked i mitchel h down, 6.84g (Scott 7...

Doune is a Perthshire village on the River Teith, opposite Deanston. Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Doune, Somervills, a Dundee...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Doune, Somervills, a Dundee token Halfpenny [1797], countermarked payable at mrs somervills down, ...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Doune, Somervills, a Dundee Halfpenny [1797], countermarked payable at mrs somervills down, 8.42g ...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, Stirlingshire, Fintry, Robert McNee, a Glasgow Halfpenny token, 1791, countermarked p. by robert mcnee fintry,...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, Stirlingshire, Fintry, Culcreuch Mill, a Petersfield copper token Halfpenny, 1793, countermarked payable at cu...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, PERTHSHIRE, Lochearnhead (?), Duncan McLaren an uncertain copper coin countermarked dun. mclaren merchant loch...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, LANARKSHIRE, New Lanark, Lanark Mills, a copper Halfpenny (?), countermarked payable at lanark mills around M ...

Merchant Issues - copper, Scotland, BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Mills, an Edinburgh Halfpenny, 1791, countermarked payable at rothsay mills, 12.08g (S...