Auction Catalogue

24 September 2008

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 4544

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24 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£950

Nevis, Nine Doggs (c. 1805), a Mexico, Charles III, Réal, 1768m, Mexico City, rev. countermarked nevis, in relief, in a rectangular indent with serrated edges, incuse 9 below, 2.67g (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 261]; KM. 5.1). Coin worn flat with a large cross scratched on either side, countermarks fine, extremely rare (£800-1,000)

Provenance:
R. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 942
A Collection of West Indian Coins, Spink Auction 71, 11 October 1989, lot 956 (part)
Dr W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 102 (part)