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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№ 50 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£240

Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 1786, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 6.62g/102.2 gr (Prid. 3; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/b, late die state [Sale, lot 177]; KM. 6). Coin fair and has been polished, countermark about fine £120-150

Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 14 October 1999, lot 573 (part)