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

Guadeloupe, ——— Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1783, Bahia, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within an oval indent and 82.10 raised within a rectangular indent, these countermarks designated by Gordon as Fraud D, 14.30g/220.7 gr (Gordon 20, but this countermark not illustrated; Prid. 1; VG 33; KM. 28). Coin about extremely fine, countermarks better, very rare £2,000-2,500

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: Baron Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 8 December 1983, lot 309