Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Dollar (valued at Three Shillings, Four Bitts), Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 11.28g/174.0gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 158]); Quarter-Dollar (valued at One Shilling and Sixpence, Two Bitts), Charles III, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 6.06g/93.5gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 159]) [2]. Sea-salvage, fair £40-60

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: Recovered from the wreck of the Hartwell, c. 1995; Ponterio & Associates Auction 81 (Long Beach), 1 June 1996, lots 1361, 1368.

The Hartwell, a British East Indiaman of 937 tonnes and carrying 26 guns, was lost on a reef off Cape Verde on 24 May 1787 after a mutiny by the crew on her maiden voyage outbound for China