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

Tobago, Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (c. 1798), a circular segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales with 14 crenations, stamped on one side with a script t radiate, 3.42g (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 368]; KM. 9). Very fine, an extremely rare variant (£900-1,200)

Provenance:
Superior Galleries Auction (Beverly Hills), 6-7 December 1991, lot 1777.

This specimen is a later example of the 14 crenation variant as the die-break on the left side of the coin (a feature on the 15 crenation variant) is visible