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№ 367 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£360

Unattributed, Black Dogg (?), a worn Cayenne 2 Sous-sized coin, one side countermarked with sp monogram raised within a shaped indent, 1.96g/30.2 gr (Fonrobert 7857, this coin; Guttag 4877, this coin; Howland Wood p.126). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine £40-60

Provenance: J. Fonrobert Collection; W. Bergsøe Collection, Jacques Schulman Auction (Amsterdam), 14 April 1903, lot 1048; J. Guttag Collection; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1824; bt P. Downie 1981.

It has been suggested that is this is a token, perhaps for coaling, from St. Pierre, Martinique. St. Pierre was the commercial centre of the island prior to the devastating eruption of Mount Pele in 1902, which virtually destroyed the entire town