Martinique, Leeward Islands-Martinique, 7 dwt Standard on the Leeward Islands, c. 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1769, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard with a small plug (cf. Gordon p.29), obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805 for a value of 20 Livres per gros), 10.92g/168.5 gr/7.02 dwt (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22). Coin fine or better with dull surfaces, countermark very fine, extremely rare £2,000-2,500

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: J.W. Garrett Collection, Part I, NFA/Bank Leu Auction (Beverly Hills), 16-18 May 1984, lot 1222 [from J. Guttag January 1925]