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

Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a MEXICO, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, rev. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], 6.83g/105.4 gr (cf. Prid. 20 [Sale, lot 209, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000

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: T.B. Clarke-Thornhill Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 24-9 May 1937, lot 929 (part); F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 209 [from Baldwin October 1973]