Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Dominica, Four Bitts (authorised August 1813), a circular centre segment from the 11 Bitt pierced Dollar of 1798 (cf. Prid. 21), obv. countermarked with a crowned upright 4, in relief, within a shaped indent, edge roughly grained, 5.36g (Prid. 28, this coin; KM. 5). Coin almost flat, countermark fine, rare (£600-700)

Provenance:
F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 298, where the weight is given as 5.30g
bt Spink.

The 1798 piercing was done with the same flawed cutter highlighted in the footnote to lot 83 in the J.J. Ford Jr Collection (Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989), and lot 101 in the same sale