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

Double Island Issues, Martinique-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a MEXICO, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/a, late die state], 5.40g/83.3 gr (Prid. 33 [Sale, lot 224]). Coin fair, countermark about fine, rare £300-500

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: Hans Schulman Auction, 23 March 1970, lot 1251; bt I. Rudman 1978