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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№ 285 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£310

St. Vincent, ——— Black Dogg (valued at Three-Halfpence), a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with incuse retrograde s within a shaped frame, 1.88g/29.0 gr (Prid. 15, this coin [Sale, lot 355, this coin]; KM. 7). Coin with surface corroded, fair, countermark fine or better, extremely rare £90-120

Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 355; E.M. Ortiz Collection, Spink Auction 87, 9 October 1991, lot 1671 (part)