Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1763, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.70g/165.1 gr/6.88 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Graze in obverse field, otherwise very fine £700-900

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: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 788