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

Guadeloupe, ——— Nine Livres, viceroyalty of peru, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1786pr, Potosí, pierced from the rev. with a round hole with crenated edges (Dominica, 11 Bitt Dollar of September 1798), later crudely reshaped into a square hole with hand filed crenations, 23.01g/355.1 gr (cf. Numismatics International, vol. 37, no.1, January 2001). Coin about fine, a very rare contemporary forgery £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: R.H. and Mrs E.M. Norweb Collection, Christie’s Auction (Dallas), 17-18 May 1985, lot 771