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

Grenada, Authority of July 1798, Six Pounds Twelve Shillings, Brazil, John V, counterfeit 12,800 Réis, 1733, Minas Gerais, obv. countermarked with script jw raised within an oval indent on a large central plug and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 23.32g/359.8 gr (cf. Gordon 6; KM. –). Coin about very fine but edge lightly clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £6,000-7,000

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: Henry Christensen Auction 82, 10-11 December 1982, lot 887