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

Haiti, ——— Quarter-Dollar (valued at Two and Three-Quarter Escalins), MEXICO, Charles III, Two Réales, 1781ff, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with a palm tree raised within a rectangular indent, 6.76g/104.3 gr (Braun, table 4, B-5; Prid. Barbados 9 [Sale, lot 166, this coin]). Coin fine, countermark about extremely fine, later a plug inserted, extremely rare £2,000-2,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 166; I. Rudman Collection [from I.R. March 1982].

The plug was most likely inserted so that the coin could pass into circulation in a different locality