Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

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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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№ 283 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£110

St. Vincent, ——— Four-and-a-Half Bitts, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1785fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with crude s/iv/½/b raised within a shaped indent, 6.01g/92.7 gr (cf. Prid. 13 [cf. Sale, lot 352]; cf. KM. 9.1). Coin fair and pierced, countermark fine, a contemporary forgery, rare £150-200

Provenance: Dr. W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 147