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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№ 32 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£2,800

Puerto Rico, ——— Twenty Centimos or Fifth-Dollar, U.S.A., 20 Cents, 18[75]s, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur-de-lis, 4.62g/71.3gr (KM. 3, this coin). Fair, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen on this denomination £600-800

Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1082; R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 951