St. Vincent, Grenada-St. Vincent, Authority on Grenada July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 177[–], Rio, obv. countermarked with incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked s raised within a square indent, once in the centre and twice at the edge (authorised on St. Vincent August 1798), 11.56g/178.4 gr (Gordon 113, this coin [date given as 1779]). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000

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: Bt K. Stephens