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

St. Vincent, ——— Twelve Bitts, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1797fm, Mexico City, with a large central hole, obv. countermarked &/xii raised within a shaped indent, 17.95g/277.0 gr (Prid. 30, this coin). Coin and countermark fine, a contemporary forgery, extremely rare £800-1,000

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: D.F. Spink Collection, Spink Auction 50, 6-7 March 1986, lot 208; E.M. Ortiz Collection, Spink Auction 87, 9 October 1991, lot 1670.

Pridmore included this specimen in his section of modern copies and concoctions. However the cataloguer believes that the style of the countermark and the general characteristics of the coin point to it being a contemporary forgery