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

Martinique, Martinique-St. Vincent-Guadeloupe-Martinique, Authority of July 1798 on Martinique, Sixty-Six Livres, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, with a central plug to bring the coin up to the 7.5 dwt standard, obv. countermarked with fa raised within a rectangular indent (François Arnaud, Fort Royal, Martinique), then countermarked s raised within a square indent four times spaced around the edge for Sixty-Six Shillings (authorised on St. Vincent August 1798), the good plug installed on Martinique replaced with a base gold plug on St. Vincent; the base gold plug removed on Guadeloupe and the coin valued at 20 Livres per gros (authorised April 1803); the coin moved back to Martinique, obv. countermarked with 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised September 1805), 8.34g/128.7 gr/5.36 dwt (Gordon 101, this coin). Coin good fine, a large hole in centre where plug was removed, a smaller hole near edge for later suspension, edge partially clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000

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: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 204