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

Double Island Issues, St. Kitts-Tortola, ——— Half-Dollar, Charles IV, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], 12.82g/197.8 gr (Prid. 27 [Sale, lot 217]). Coin fair, countermarks fine or better, very rare £500-600

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: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1906