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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№ 110 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£1,450

St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Ten Stuivers (c. 1834), a Spanish-American Réal, one side countermarked 10 raised within a lozenge-shaped indent, 2.63g/40.6 gr (cf. Olrog p.27; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin worn smooth, countermark about fine, extremely rare £400-600

Provenance: J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 June 1912, lot 484 (part); H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1362 [incorrectly numbered as 1366 on plates]; Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 9 November 1970, lot 228