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

Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1775, Rio, obv. countermarked with script jw raised within an oval indent on a central plug and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 11.74g/181.1 gr (Gordon 6; Prid. 4; KM. 2). Light trace of mounting on edge, otherwise coin and countermarks very fine, very rare £2,500-3,000

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: Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27-31 March 1922, lot 676; V.M. Brand Collection; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1448; F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 358