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

Guadeloupe, ——— Forty-Five Sous, a very lightweight cut segement of the Nine Livre Dollar (central square piercing), derived from a viceroyalty of peru, 8 Réales, Lima, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the rev. with a crowned g twice raised within a shaped indent, 3.44g/53.1 gr (cf. Prid. 15-21; cf. VG 28; cf. KM. 34). Coin and countermarks very fine; the light weight and unsymmetrical cut edges point to this being a contemporary forgery £100-150

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.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 163