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Montserrat, Tortola-Montserrat, Countermarking action in the Virgin Islands prior to 1801, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse t, later countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, nearly obliterating the t countermark, rev. countermarked m raised within a square indent in each corner, 5.88g/90.7 gr (cf. Prid 4 [cf. Sale, lot 270]; KM. 10). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks very fine, extremely rare...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Guadeloupe, French Administration, Authority of September 1793, Three Sous Nine Deniers, FRENCH COLONIES, Louis XV, 12 Deniers, 1767, rev. countermarked with rf raised within a beaded oval indent, 10.88g/167.9 gr (Prid. p.228, fig. 15 [Sale, lot 398]; VG 1; KM. 1). Coin and countermark very fine, but with some surface verdigris on reverse £50-70
Hammer Price: £100
Guadeloupe, French Administration, Authority of November 1802, Escalin, Charles IIII, a cut segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales 1806, after a central segment had been removed, rev. countermarked with incuse rf, 2.24g/34.6 gr (Prid. p.229, fig. 17; VG 2; KM. 2). Coin and countermark better than very fine, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £2,000
Guadeloupe, French Administration, Authority of April 1804, Twenty-Two Livres per gros, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1784, Rio, obv. countermarked 22.≠ bearded head raised within a rectangular indent, 14.26g/220.1 gr (Gordon 16b, this coin; Prid. p.229, fig. 20; KM. 5). Coin and countermark very fine or better but traces of mount on the edge, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Guadeloupe, ——— Twenty Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1765, Rio, obv. countermarked 20.≠ animal head raised within a rectangular indent, also countermarked 20 within a frame raised within a rectangular indent, rev. countermarked with lion’s face within a frame raised within a square indent, 11.14g/171.9 gr (Gordon 17a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.229, fig. 19; cf. KM. 4.1). Coin very fine, countermarks very fine or better, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £3,700
Guadeloupe, ——— Twenty Livres per gros, Brazil, Maria I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1788, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 ≠ raised within a rectangular indent, with what appears to be a damaged or modified stamp as the animal head portion of it is missing, and an incuse ‘eye’, 8.63g/133.2 gr (cf. Gordon 17a/b; cf. KM. 4.2). Coin good fine but clipped moderately around the edge and a mount removed, countermark very fine, extremely rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £1,550
Guadeloupe, British Administration, Authority of May 1811, Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1786, Rio, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within an oval indent and 82 10 raised within a rectangular indent, these countermarks designated by Gordon as Fraud D, 14.33g/221.1 gr (cf. Gordon 20 and p.84, this coin illustrated; Prid. 1; VG 32; KM. 28). Coin and countermarks very fine or better, very rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £1,050
Guadeloupe, ——— Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1783, Bahia, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within an oval indent and 82.10 raised within a rectangular indent, these countermarks designated by Gordon as Fraud D, 14.30g/220.7 gr (Gordon 20, but this countermark not illustrated; Prid. 1; VG 33; KM. 28). Coin about extremely fine, countermarks better, very rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,300
Guadeloupe, ——— Nine Livres, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1808th, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a square hole with crenated edges, both sides countermarked with a crowned g raised within a shaped indent, 24.01g/370.5 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 399]; VG 30; KM. 25). Coin about fine, countermarks fine, rare £600-700
Hammer Price: £300
Guadeloupe, ——— Nine Livres, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1810hj, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a square hole with crenated edges, both sides countermarked with a crowned g raised within a shaped indent, 23.91g/368.8 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 399]; VG 30; KM. 26). Coin and countermarks good fine, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £310
Guadeloupe, ——— Nine Livres, viceroyalty of peru, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1786pr, Potosí, pierced from the rev. with a round hole with crenated edges (Dominica, 11 Bitt Dollar of September 1798), later crudely reshaped into a square hole with hand filed crenations, 23.01g/355.1 gr (cf. Numismatics International, vol. 37, no.1, January 2001). Coin about fine, a very rare contemporary forgery £400-500
Guadeloupe, ——— Forty-Five Sous, a cut quarter segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), derived from a Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the rev. with a crowned g twice raised within a shaped indent, 5.27g/81.3 gr (cf. Prid. 15; VG 28; KM. 34). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £620
Guadeloupe, ——— Forty-Five Sous, a cut quarter segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), derived from a MEXICO, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer th, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the obv. with a crowned g thrice raised within a shaped indent and once on the rev., 5.33g/82.3 gr (cf. Prid. 20; VG 28; KM. 34, note). Coin fair, countermarks fine or better, probably a contemporary forgery, note the unusual number of stamps...
Hammer Price: £55
Guadeloupe, ——— Forty-Five Sous, a very lightweight cut segement of the Nine Livre Dollar (central square piercing), derived from a viceroyalty of peru, 8 Réales, Lima, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the rev. with a crowned g twice raised within a shaped indent, 3.44g/53.1 gr (cf. Prid. 15-21; cf. VG 28; cf. KM. 34). Coin and countermarks very fine; the light weight and unsymmetrical cut edges point to this being a contemporary forgery £100-150
Guadeloupe, ——— Forty Sous, an unidentifiable Two Réal-sized coin, one side countermarked with a very crude crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 4.24g/65.4 gr (cf. Prid. 4; cf. KM. 15). Coin worn smooth, countermark fair, a contemporary forgery £90-120
Hammer Price: £50
Guadeloupe, ——— Twenty Sous, a square centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, one side stamped with g radiate, 2.91g/44.9 gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 400]; VG 27; KM. 19). Very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £250
Guadeloupe, ——— Twenty Sous, a square centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, one side stamped with g radiate, 2.42g/37.4 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 401]; cf. VG 27; cf. KM. 19). Fine, but a contemporary forgery £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Guadeloupe, ——— Ten Sous, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1757m, Mexico City, countermarked on rev. with a crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 1.34g/20.6 gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 405]; cf. VG 15; KM. 11). Coin mediocre, countermark about fine, a contemporary forgery £90-120
Hammer Price: £70
Guadeloupe, British Administration, Authority of February 1813, Two Livres, Five Sous, MEXICO, Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Reales, 1795, Mexico City, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked with crowned g thrice raised within a shaped indent, 6.38g/98.4 gr (Prid. 7, this coin [Sale, lot 406, this coin]; VG 29; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Gibraltar, Type I, c. 1761-4, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to Ten Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Philip V, 8 Réales, 1744mf, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 23.42g/361.4 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 278]; KM. Martinique 5). Fine and toned, very rare £1,200-1,500
Gibraltar, ——— Heart-shaped Plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 2.66g/41.0 gr. Fair, rare £90-120
Gibraltar, ——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1721j, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.17g/79.8 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [cf. Sale, lot 279]; KM. Martinique 3). Very fine and very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £220
Gibraltar, Type II, c. 1764, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to Ten Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1756mm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 23.48g/362.3 gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 281]; KM. Martinique 10). About fine, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £780
Gibraltar, ——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1721a, Madrid, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 4.04g/62.3 gr (cf. Prid. 8 [cf. Sale, lot 282]; KM. Martinique 8). Fine, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £110
Gibraltar, ——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 172[–]j, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 4.73g/73.0 gr (cf. Prid. 8 [cf. Sale, lot 282]; KM. Martinique 8). Obverse mediocre, reverse fine, rare £100-150
Gibraltar, ——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1737p, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.18g/79.9 gr (Prid. 8, this coin [Sale, lot 282, this coin]; KM. Martinique 8). Fine and toned, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £230
Gibraltar, ——— Eighth-Dollar, MEXICO, Philip V, Réal, 1738mf, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.86g/44.1 gr (Prid. 9; KM. Martinique 7). Very fine and very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
Gibraltar, ——— Sixteenth-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, Half-Réal, 1733jf, Madrid, pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 1.11g/17.1 gr (Prid. 10, this coin [Sale, lot 283, this coin]; KM. Martinique 6). Mediocre, very rare £150-200
Gibraltar, Type III, c. 1765, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to 10 Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Philip V, 8 Réales, 1745mf, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 24.42g/376.8 gr (Prid. 11 [not in Sale]; KM. Martinique 15). Very fine and toned, extremely rare; only one other specimen (Pridmore 11) traced £2,000-2,500
Gibraltar, Type IV, c. 1765, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to 10 Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1757mm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 22.25g/343.3 gr (Prid. 16 [Sale, lot 284]; KM. Martinique 20). About very fine, very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £920
Gibraltar, ——— Heart-shaped Plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 4.51g/69.6 gr. Very fine, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £240
Gibraltar, ——— Half-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1755mm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 11.22g/173.1 gr (Prid. 17 [not in Sale]; KM. Martinique 19). Very fine and extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £1,750
Gibraltar, ——— Quarter-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 175[–]m, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.30g/81.8 gr (Prid. 18 [Sale, lot 285]; KM. Martinique 18); together with a heart-shaped Plug, 1.23g/19.0 gr [2]. About very fine, very rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £720
Gibraltar, ——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1722j, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 4.49g/69.3 gr (cf. Prid. 18 [cf. Sale, lot 285]; KM. Martinique 18). About fine, the piercing a contemporary forgery, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £60
Gibraltar, ——— Eighth-Dollar, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1735mf, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.55g/39.4 gr (Prid. 19 [Sale, lot 286]; KM. Martinique 17.1). Scrape marks on flan and slightly bent, otherwise better than fine, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Gibraltar, ——— Eighth-Dollar, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1740mf, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.71g/41.8 gr (Prid. 19 [Sale, lot 286]; KM. Martinique 17.1); together with a heart-shaped Plug, 0.64g/9.8 gr [2]. Good fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Gibraltar, ——— Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 1.11g/17.1 gr (Prid. 20 [Sale, lot 287]; KM. Martinique 16). Fair, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £65
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1791fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole of 15 crenations, 23.21g/358.2 gr (Prid. 21 [Sale, lot 288]; KM. 3.3). Very fine, rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £580
Dominica, ——— Five-and-a-Half Bitts (?), viceroyalty of peru, Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1794pr, Potosí, centrally pierced from the obv. with a circular hole of 16 crenations, 10.78g/166.3 gr (Prid –; KM. –). Fine, a modern concoction £250-300
Dominica, ——— Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Three-Halfpence), a circular segment, most likely from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script d radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 2.84g/43.8 gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 290]; KM. 1). Very fine and most likely an official example £90-120
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