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

Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1775, Rio, a lightweight forgery clipped down to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.69g/165.0 gr/6.87 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Surface indentation in obverse field and edge lightly clipped, otherwise very fine, rare £700-900

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: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 789 (part)