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

St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Five Stuivers (c. 1825), Charles III, a Spanish-American Half-Réal, obv. countermarked c raised within a shaped indent, and 5 raised within an elliptical indent, 1.27g/19.6 gr (Olrog p.25; Scholten 1375; cf. Prid. Not Attributed 41; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin poor, countermark fair, extremely rare £400-600

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: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 227