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

Guadeloupe, ——— Nine Livres, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1810hj, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a square hole with crenated edges, both sides countermarked with a crowned g raised within a shaped indent, 23.91g/368.8 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 399]; VG 30; KM. 26). Coin and countermarks good fine, rare £400-500

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: Bt Baldwin October 1988.

A number of crowned g punches were employed and while this may well be one of the official ones the probability is, as the punch appears somewhat crude, that this is an example of a contemporary forgery