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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№ 22 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£500

St. DOMINGUE (Cap-FRANçAIS), Authority of July 1781, One Escalin, a Spanish-American cob 2 Réales trimmed to a round shape, obv. countermarked with a c on a crowned anchor raised within a shaped indent, 2.40g/37.0 gr (VG 4; Rudman p.8; KM 8.1). About fine, very rare £300-400

Provenance: A. Mangones Collection, Harmer Rooke Auction (New York), 8 April 1976, lot 241 (part)