Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

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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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№ 99 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£190

St. Maarten, ——— One Stuiver (perhaps c. 1805), a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked sm raised within a beaded circle, 1.60g/24.7 gr (Scholten 1421; Prid. p.257, fig. 31 [recté sm countermark]; KM –). Coin and countermark poor, but the coin appears to be an official Cayenne 2 Sous, with collectors’ number 3668 inked on reverse, rare £60-80

Provenance: P. Karon Collection, Spink Auction 78, 10 October 1990, lot 836 (part)