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

Montserrat, ——— Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, a lightweight cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, rev. countermarked with m raised within a square indent in each corner, 4.77g/73.6 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 270]; cf. KM. 10). Coin about fine, countermarks fine, a contemporary forgery £250-300

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 65 [from Seaby December 1949]