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

USA, New Orleans, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales (perhaps a Mexican Revolutionary issue), obv. countermarked with federal eagle within a circular border, nouvelle orleans raised within a circular indent around, rev. countermarked pb (Planters Bank) surrounded by a raised chain border within a circular indent, later countermarked with script bad raised within an oval indent over the pb stamp, presumably to indicate that the actual cut quarter segment was sub-standard, 5.97g/92.1 gr (cf. Garrett 2031). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, extremely rare; only two other specimens recorded with the additional bad stamp £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: Bt in Hamburg (Germany) 1998