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

Unattributed, A cut eighth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with script bf (the second letter has been interpertated as a g or an i), raised within a shaped indent, 3.12g/48.1 gr (Prid. Not Attributed 47, this coin; Mailliet, Supplement II, pl. 9, no. 40, this coin). Coin worn, countermark very fine £100-150

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: F.C. Krohn Collection, 1883; H.M. Lingford Collection [from Baldwin August 1948]; bt Baldwin