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

Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Half-Dollar, Charles IIII, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 17[––], obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 13.06g/201.5gr (Prid. 1; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/a, early die state [Sale, lot 172]; KM. 7). Coin fair to fine, countermark better, very rare with this early die state countermark £300-400

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: UBS Auktion 46 (Zurich), August 2006, lot 2030.

The order of the issues (and the consequent illustrations) as shown in Krause-Mishler, p.151, is confusing and incorrect. The correct order should be Type I (KM. 4-7), Type II (KM. 13, 15, 17, 19), Type III (KM. 14, 16, 18, 20) and Type IV (KM. 8-10); Type V has been omitted