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

St. Vincent, ——— Half-Dollar, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with a central plug to increase the weight, obv. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent (once on the plug), 9.41g/145.2 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 346]; KM. 4.2). Coin and countermarks fine, very 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: Glendining Auction, 25 June 1997, lot 531