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

Guadeloupe, ——— Ten Sous, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1757m, Mexico City, countermarked on rev. with a crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 1.34g/20.6 gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 405]; cf. VG 15; KM. 11). Coin mediocre, countermark about fine, a contemporary forgery £90-120

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 I. Rudman 1980. Sold with remnants of envelope on which Fred Pridmore has written ‘contemp. forgery’