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

Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Maria I, 6,400 Réis, obv. countermarked with an incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, rev. countermarked w·s raised within a rectangular indent on a central plug (the plug soldered to the surface), 11.69g/180.4 gr (Gordon 8, this coin; Prid. 5, this coin; KM. 2). Coin good fine but edge heavily clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £4,000-5,000

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 677; V.M. Brand Collection; R.J. Ford Collection [from Spink September 1978]; R.C. Gordon Collection; bt R.C.G.