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

USA, Colonial New York, viceroyalty of peru, temp. Philip IV, cob 4 Réales, Potosí, with a small but pronounced plug, 11.86g/183.0 gr (cf. KM. 17ff). Coin fair but no trace of any legend, extremely rare £300-400

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: Recovered from the wreck of HMS Feversham, early 1990s; Stack’s Auction (New York), 19 January 1999, lot 1190 (part)