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

Gibraltar, ——— Eighth-Dollar, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1740mf, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.71g/41.8 gr (Prid. 19 [Sale, lot 286]; KM. Martinique 17.1); together with a heart-shaped Plug, 0.64g/9.8 gr [2]. Good fine, rare £150-200

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.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 910; bt S. Eyer