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

Martinique, ——— Twenty-Two Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1776, Rio, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, this countermark designated by Gordon as Fraud A, though a full weight coin, 14.32g/221.0 gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin and countermark about extremely fine, rare
£1,500-2,000

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: J.C. Rovensky Collection, B. Max Mehl Mailbid Sale, 30 November 1954 (2133); J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 252.

Despite the basis for Gordon’s designation as ‘Fraud A’ the cataloguer is not convinced that this stamp is a fake