Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Half-Bitt, MEXICO, Charles III, Half-Réal, 1775fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 1.62g/25.0 gr (Prid. –; Eckardt, ‘Tortola – Countermarked Whole Coins, SNC March 1981, fig. 1, this coin; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type I/b, late die state; KM. –). Coin and countermark about fine, excessively rare [SOLD]

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: Found on Santo Domingo, 1978; bt. I. Rudman