St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Six Escalins, contemporary counterfeit (previously Four Escalins), Charles III, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. and rev. countermarked with a large incuse annulet (for a valuation of 4 Escalins), obv. later countermarked with sl monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with serrated edges (to raise the value to Six Escalins), the central sl countermark placed to obliterate the incuse annulet, 10.17g/156.9gr (Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76, this coin illustrated; cf. Prid. 15; cf. KM. 3-4). Coin fair to nearly fine, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1768; Hans Schulman/Abner Kreisberg Auction (New York), 18 June 1972, lot 260; E. Roehrs Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 87, 28 September 2010, lot 240 [from I. Rudman 1976].

An extremely interesting specimen in that the original valuation of four escalins was easily advanced to six escalins with the application of unofficial sl monogram countermarks. As several specimens exist with this double stamping, the conclusion reached by Lyall in his article, ‘The St. Lucia ‘SL’ Countermarked Coins - A Reappraisal’ (SNC April 1984) can be confirmed