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St. Vincent, St. Lucia-St. Vincent, Issues of c. 1798 on St. Lucia, Four Escalins, MEXICO, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, rev. countermarked with a large incuse annulet; later obv. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent (valued at Four Shillings Three-Halfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), 9.18g/141.6 gr (Prid. St. Vincent 3, this coin [Sale, lot 347, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks better, of the...
Hammer Price: £980
Double Island Issues, Martinique-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1795fm, Mexico City, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], rev. countermarked viiv raised within a shaped indent [type V/b], 6.06g/93.5 gr (Prid. –; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, p.335, type V/b, this coin [Sale, lot 213, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Grenada, ——— Four Bitts (valued at Three Shillings), Charles III, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with tr raised within a shaped indent, incuse g, and 4 raised within a square indent, 8.84g/136.4 gr (Prid. 9 [Sale, lot 360]; KM. 7). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,000
Double Island Issues, St. Maarten-Tortola, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals, c. 1797), a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse cc and design of seven bonded arrows raised within a shaped indent, the cut edges countermarked with incuse ib (representing 18 Stuivers); then countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], partly obliterating the St. Martin countermarks, 6.08g/93.8 gr (cf. Prid. Virgin Is. 51...
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1766, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.91g/168.4 gr/7.01 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). About very fine, dull surfaces £700-900
Martinique, Leeward Islands-Martinique, 7 dwt Standard on the Leeward Islands, c. 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1769, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard with a small plug (cf. Gordon p.29), obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805 for a value of 20 Livres per gros), 10.92g/168.5 gr/7.02 dwt (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22). Coin fine or better with dull...
Hammer Price: £1,050
St. Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Six Livres Fifteen Sous, Charles III, a cut centre segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 1781, obv. countermarked s:lucie raised in a shaped indent, 15.65g/241.5 gr (Prid. 9 [Sale, lot 314]; VG 17; KM. 10.1). Coin and countermark fine, rare £500-700
St. Maarten, ——— One Stuiver (c. 1798), DENMARK, Frederick IV, Two Skillings, 1716, Gluckstadt, obv. countermarked stm raised within a beaded circle, 0.70g/10.8 gr (Scholten 1420; Prid. p.257, fig 33; VG 10 [value given as 2 Stuivers]; KM. 2 [value given as 2 Stuivers]). Coin fair, countermark fine, extremely rare £500-600
Unattributed, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6400 Réis, 1769, Rio, a very lightweight forgery not comparable to any particular island standard, 9.02g/139.2 gr/5.80 dwt. Graffiti in obverse field and clipped around the edge, otherwise better than fine, rare £500-600
Unattributed, Portugal, Joseph I, 4 Escudos, 1763, Lisbon, with an anonymous central plug, 13.18g/203.4 gr/8.47 dwt (Gordon 212, this coin). Coin fine or better but with rough surface and re-edged, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Nevis, Four Doggs (value Sixpence), a Spanish-American Half-Réal, obv. countermarked with incuse 4, 1.21g/18.6 gr (Prid. 4). Coin worn smooth and pierced, countermark about very fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500
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
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 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
Dominica, St. Vincent-Dominica, Authority of December 1797 on St. Vincent, Quarter-Dollar, MEXICO, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent, rev. countermarked 2.6 raised within a shaped indent (Dominica, c. 1816-18, the Dominica Treasurer’s report of 1822 indicates 1/4 of a Spanish Dollar valued at Two Shillings and Sixpence), 6.86g/105.8 gr (cf. Prid. St Vincent 4 and Dominica 32). Coin mediocre, St. Vincent...
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Seven Stuivers (c. 1825), France, Louis XVIII, Half-Franc, 1817k, obv. countermarked c raised within a shaped indent, and 7 raised within an oval indent, 2.46g/38.0 gr (cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin and countermarks very fine, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,100
Double Island Issues, St. Kitts-Tortola, ——— Eighth-Dollar, a cut eighth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801 and tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], 2.66g/41.0 gr (cf. Prid. 53 [cf. Sale, lot 234]). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,150
Double Island Issues, Montserrat-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with m raised within a square indent, nearly completely obliterated by tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], other side countermarked with three Montserrat designs raised within a shaped indent, 5.57g/85.9 gr (Prid. 46, this coin [Sale, lot 239, this coin]). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine and an unusual combination, extremely rare £500-700
Martinique, ——— Twenty-Two Livres per gros, Portugal, Joseph I, Four Escudos, 1768, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 12.58g/194.1 gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin fine, clipped around the edge and with possible trace of mounting, granular surface, countermark better, rare £2,000-2,500
Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a MEXICO, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, rev. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], 6.83g/105.4 gr (cf. Prid. 20 [Sale, lot 209, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
Nevis, Nine Doggs (valued at One Shilling and Three-Halfpence, c. 1801), a Spanish-American cob One Réal, rev. countermarked nevis raised within a rectangular indent with serrated edges, incuse 9 below, 2.70g/41.6 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 261]). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £900-1,000
St. Vincent, ——— Six Bitts (valued at Four Shillings and Sixpence), Charles IIII, a circular central segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked s/vi raised within a shaped indent, 8.80g/135.8 gr (Prid. 12 [Sale, lot 351]; KM. 10). Coin and countermark fine, extremely rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,250
St. Lucia, Issues of c. 1798, Six Escalins, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with sl monogram twice raised within a rectangular indent with lightly serrated edges, 11.16g/172.2 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 310]; VG 10; KM. 4). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,300
Unattributed, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1780, Rio, a lightweight forgery not comparable to any particular island standard, 10.58g/163.3 gr/6.80 dwt (cf. Gordon p.41). Good fine but some surface marks £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,350
Unattributed, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1782, Bahia, a crudely made lightweight forgery, 13.61g/210.0 gr/8.75 dwt. Sweated, no edge milling, fair £500-600
Martinique, ——— Twenty Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1756, Bahia, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 9.03g/139.4 gr (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin fine but heavily clipped around the edge, countermark very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Nine Stuivers (c. 1810-21), Charles IIII, a Spanish-American Réal, obv. countermarked o/9/crown raised within an elliptical indent, 2.45g/37.8 gr (cf. KM. 8-9). Coin and countermark fair, extremely rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £1,400
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), Tortola-St. Barts, Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, Spain, Charles III, 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), 1773cf, Seville, rev. counterstamped tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], then obv. countermarked with crowned 18/m raised within an elliptical indent, 5.06g/78.1 gr (Olrog p.184; cf. Prid. 8 for type; Burzio 481, this coin; KM. 13, this coin). Coin poor and pierced, countermarks about fine, the tirtila mark partly flattened by the...
Australia, ——— ‘Dump’ (valued at Fifteen Pence), a circular centre segment from the Five Shilling Holey Dollar, obv. stamped new south wales 1813 raised around a central crown, rev. stamped fifteen pence raised in two lines, edge roughly grained, 5.47g/84.4 gr (Mira dies A/1; KM. 1.1). Fair, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,450
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Ten Stuivers (c. 1834), a Spanish-American Réal, one side countermarked 10 raised within a lozenge-shaped indent, 2.63g/40.6 gr (cf. Olrog p.27; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin worn smooth, countermark about fine, extremely rare £400-600
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), Post-1819 series, Eighteen Stuivers, Spain, Charles IIII, 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), 1790mf, Madrid, obv. countermarked 18 raised within a square indent, 5.48g/84.6 gr (Scholten 1377; Prid. Not Attributed 25; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin poor, countermark better, extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,500
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), St. Eustatius-St. Barts, ——— Nine Stuivers, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1741mf, Mexico City, rev. first countermarked with crowned 9/m raised within an elliptical indent, then countermarked p in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (St. Eustatius, authorised September 1810), 2.87g/44.3 gr (Olrog p.25, 5). Coin poor, St. Barts countermark fine but partly obliterated by the second stamp, St. Eustatius countermark very fine, extremely rare...
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
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1765, Rio, obv. countermarked t·d once raised within a rectangular indent on a very large crude central base gold plug and twice near the edge, very slightly over the Leeward Island weight standard, 11.05g/170.5 gr/7.10 dwt (Gordon 216b, this coin; Prid. Not Attributed 15, this coin). Coin about fine and heavily clipped round the edge, countermarks fine, extremely rare...
Jamaica, ——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, obv. later countermarked crowned gp raised within a circular indent, for Azores (c. 1887), 26.73g/412.5gr (cf. Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lot 167]; KM. 8.3). Fine, extremely rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA (British Guiana), ——— Three Bitts (valued at Fifteen Pence), a central plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 19 crenations, rev. countermarked e&d 3.bts raised within a beaded circle, 4.83g/74.5gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 152]; KM. 1; Scholten 1442). Coin and countermark very fine, countermark not fully struck up between 9 and 12 o’clock (perhaps punch broken), very rare £1,500-2,000
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Fourteen Stuivers (c. 1821), FRANCE, Quarter-Écu, obv. countermarked 14 raised within an elliptical indent, 4.83g/74.5 gr (Scholten 1376; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin poor, countermark fine, extremely rare £300-400
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Fourteen Stuivers (c. 1825), France, Louis XV, Quarter-Écu, 1728, obv. countermarked with a c raised within a shaped indent, and 14 raised within an elliptical indent, unrelated incuse countermarks of a ‘flower’ on obv. and rl dividing a leaf and a star on rev., 4.81g/74.2 gr (Scholten 1367, this coin; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin fair, countermarks better, extremely rare £400-600
Sierra Leone, Authorisation not traced, Half-Dollar (presumably valued at Twenty-Six Pence), SPAIN, Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1803cn, Seville, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 13.24g/204.3 gr (Vice FT 1, this coin; KM. 13). Coin and countermark very fine though the r of the countermark not fully stamped, extremely rare; only two other specimens recorded £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,650
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), 7 dwt Standard, c. 1798, Six Pounds Twelve Shillings, Brazil, John V, 12,800 Réis, 1730, Minas Gerais, clipped down to just slightly under the Leeward Island weight standard, 21.70g/334.8 gr/13.95 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Some scratches in obverse field and heavily clipped around the edge, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,500
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