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

St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, GREAT BRITAIN, George III, Shilling, 1816, obv. countermarked with crowned 14/m (Nicholas Morin), raised within an elliptical indent, 5.26g/81.1 gr (cf. Olrog p.25, 2, 3; KM. 11 variant). Coin fine, countermark fair, extremely rare as a denomination £900-1,200

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: Bt J. Lepczyk.

Nicholas Morin was responsible for stamping worn coins where it would be difficult to establish the correct value. In this case the coin was undoubtedly stamped as the host coin would have been unfamiliar to the population