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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№ 286 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£980

St. Vincent, St. Lucia-St. Vincent, Issues of c. 1798 on St. Lucia, Four Escalins, MEXICO, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, rev. countermarked with a large incuse annulet; later obv. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent (valued at Four Shillings Three-Halfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), 9.18g/141.6 gr (Prid. St. Vincent 3, this coin [Sale, lot 347, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks better, of the highest rarity £1,000-1,500

Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 347.

This specimen is below the 168 grain standard established on St. Vincent for cut half-dollar segments in the December 1797 Act. Pridmore considered the incuse annulet mark a guide for the segment to be pierced and plugged to increase the weight to the required standard. However, R. Lyall (
SNC April 1984, p.76) attributed the large incuse annulet to St. Lucia to identify the segments valued at four escalins