Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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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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Lot

№ 81 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£340

Double Island Issues, St. Kitts-Tortola, Issues of c. 1801 on St. Kitts, Half-Dollar, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 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], 12.66g/195.4 gr (Prid. 26 [Sale, lot 216]). Coin fair, countermarks fine or better, very rare
£500-600

Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1235)