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

St. Vincent, Authority of July 1814, Four-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at Three Shillings and Fourpence-Halfpenny), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 1754m, Mexico City, rev. countermarked s/iv½/b raised within a shaped indent, 6.43g/99.2 gr (cf. Prid. 13 [cf. Sale, lot 352]; KM. 9.1). Coin fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare on a pillar type 2 Réales £500-700

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: ‘Bostonian’ Collection, Bank Leu Auction 51 (Zurich), 24-6 October 1990, lot 777