Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 239 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£1,300

St. Lucia, Issues of c. 1798, Six Escalins, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with sl monogram twice raised within a rectangular indent with lightly serrated edges, 11.16g/172.2 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 310]; VG 10; KM. 4). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £900-1,200

Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; with J. Schulman September 1949; bt K. Fischer December 1964