Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

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The Roehrs Collection of West Indies Cut and Countermarked Coins (Part I)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 9 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Jamaica, ——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, obv. later countermarked crowned gp raised within a circular indent, for Azores (c. 1887), 26.73g/412.5gr (cf. Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lot 167]; KM. 8.3). Fine, extremely rare £900-1,200

Provenance: A. Patterson Collection, Bonhams Auction, 17 July 1996, lot 631