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

Double Island Issues, St. Maarten-Tortola, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals, c. 1797), a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse cc and design of seven bonded arrows raised within a shaped indent, the cut edges countermarked with incuse ib (representing 18 Stuivers); then countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], partly obliterating the St. Martin countermarks, 6.08g/93.8 gr (cf. Prid. Virgin Is. 51 [cf. Sale, lot 246]). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500

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: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 23 May 1990 (2087)