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Martinique, Grenada-Martinique, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1772, Rio, obv. countermarked with an incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked 22 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, valued at 22 livres per gros), 11.79g/181.9 gr (Gordon 107, this coin; Prid. Grenada 19). Coin about very fine and moderately clipped around the edge, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £1,700
Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Maria I, 6,400 Réis, 1789, Rio, obv. countermarked with incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 11.78g/181.8 gr (Gordon 9; Prid. 3; KM. 3). Coin very fine or better but edge lightly clipped, countermarks very fine, very rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £1,750
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), St. Eustatius-St. Barts, ——— Four Stuivers, Charles III, a Spanish-American Half-Réal, rev. stamped p in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (for St. Eustatius), then countermarked with crowned 4/m raised within an elliptical indent, 1.29g/19.9 gr (Olrog p.25, 7; KM. St Eustatius 5). Coin poor, countermarks better, extremely rare £900-1,200
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
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), Montserrat-St. Barts, Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1768m, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, then countermarked with crowned 18/m raised within an elliptical indent, 6.18g/95.4 gr (Zay 54; Howland Wood 27; cf. Prid. Montserrat 9). Coin mediocre, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1776, Rio, a lightweight forgery slightly overweight for the Leeward Island standard, 11.32g/174.7 gr/7.28 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Very fine, reverse better, rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,850
St. Vincent, ——— Half-Dollar (value presumed as Four Shillings and Three-Halfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with a central plug to increase the weight, rev. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent (once on the plug), 10.27g/158.4 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 346]; KM. 4.2). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,900
Martinique, Authority of September 1805, Twenty-Two Livres per gros, Portugal, John V, Two Escudos, 1735, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 5.69g/87.8 gr (denomination not recorded by Gordon or VG). Coin about fine and clipped around the edge, countermark very fine, extremely rare and a very early date for a host coin £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £1,950
Jamaica, ——— Dollar, spanish captaincy-general of GUATEMALA, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758j, Guatemala, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, but from the smaller punch used on the Half-Dollar (4 Réales), 26.75g/412.8gr (cf. Prid. 4 [cf. Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.1). About extremely fine but an attempted piercing for suspension near the edge, the combination of host coin and Half-Dollar punch extremely rare, only one other specimen recorded...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Haiti, ——— Monnaie d’Haiti (valued at Two Escalins), an irregular-shaped plug from the centre of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with an incuse 2, retrograde, 3.24g/50.0 gr (Braun, table 8, II-8). Very fine and toned, extremely rare £900-1,200
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
St. Eustatius (Statia), Valuation or authorisation for stamping unknown, a Spanish-American 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), obv. countermarked p in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent, 4.96g/76.5 gr (cf. Scholten 1431; KM. 7.1). Coin worn smooth, countermark fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,100
Dominica, ——— Twelve Bitt Dollar (valued at Nine Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1792fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced with an over-large circular hole, rev. countermarked with a crowned 12 raised within a shaped indent four times, 14.79g/228.2 gr [approximate official weight 18g] (Prid. 26 [Sale, lot 296, this coin]; SNC December 1905, col. 8762, this coin; KM. 7). Fine, a contemporary forgery, but of the highest rarity £4,000-5,000
Puerto Rico, ——— Quarter-Dollar, U.S.A., Quarter-Dollar, 1805, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur-de-lis, 6.51g/100.4gr (KM. 4 variety). About very fine, extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,300
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
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
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Sixteen Bitt Dollar (valued at Twelve Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1798fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole of 15 crenations, countermarked both sides with a crowned 16 raised within a shaped indent [the 1798 Eleven Bitt Dollar re-valued in 1813], 23.16g/357.4 gr (Prid. 24 [Sale, lot 295, this coin]; KM. 8.3). Coin fair and with scratch on obverse, countermark fine, extremely rare £3,000-4,000
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), Leeward Islands-Martinique, Authority of September 1805, Twenty Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 10.97g/169.3 gr (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin and countermark very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Martinique, Grenada-Martinique, Authority on Grenada July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1771, Rio, obv. countermarked with incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, valued at 20 livres per gros), 11.60g/179.0 gr (cf. Gordon 107; cf. Prid. Grenada 19). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Maria I, 6,400 Réis, obv. countermarked with script jr raised within an oval indent on a central plug and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 11.66g/179.9 gr (Gordon 7c, this coin; Prid. 6; KM. 3). Coin fine and edge heavily clipped, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Grenada, ——— Two Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Sixpence), a cut sixth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with gs raised within a rectangular indent, incuse g, and 2 raised within a shaped indent, 4.30g/66.3 gr (Prid. 12 [Sale, lot 363]; KM. 6). Coin and countermarks fine, extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded [Pridmore lot 363] £1,500-2,000
Tobago, Issues of 1798, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1797fm, Mexico City, pierced from the obv. with a central hole with 14 crenations, 23.37g/360.6 gr (Prid. 1, this coin [Sale, lot 367, this coin]; KM. 12). Very fine and extremely rare £2,000-2,500
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...
Martinique, Guadeloupe-Martinique, Authority on Guadeloupe April 1803, Twenty-Livres per gros, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1788, Rio, a base gold plug removed by authorities on Guadeloupe, then obv. countermarked 20 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, also for Twenty Livres per gros), then countermarked with a script b raied within a shaped indent (designated ‘West Indies Script B’ by Gordon to differentiate...
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...
Hammer Price: £2,700
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), St. Eustatius-St. Barts, ——— Seven Stuivers, Spain, Ferdinand VI, One Réal, 1751, obv. first countermarked p in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (St. Eustatius, authorised September 1810), then countermarked crowned 7/m raised within an elliptical indent, 2.38g/36.7 gr (cf. Olrog p.25, 6; Prid. 14, this coin; KM. 6.1). Coin poor, St. Eustatius countermark very fine, St. Barts countermark fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Puerto Rico, Authority of November 1884, Peso (valued at One Dollar), U.S.A., Trade Dollar, 1877, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur-de-lis, 26.91g/415.2gr (KM. 14). Stained on reverse, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,800
Puerto Rico, ——— Twenty Centimos or Fifth-Dollar, U.S.A., 20 Cents, 18[75]s, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur-de-lis, 4.62g/71.3gr (KM. 3, this coin). Fair, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen on this denomination £600-800
Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Maria I, 6,400 Réis, obv. countermarked with an incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, rev. countermarked w·s raised within a rectangular indent on a central plug (the plug soldered to the surface), 11.69g/180.4 gr (Gordon 8, this coin; Prid. 5, this coin; KM. 2). Coin good fine but edge heavily clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £4,000-5,000
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), St. Eustatius-St. Barts, Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, Philip V, a Spanish-American 2 Réales (Pistareen), rev. countermarked with crowned 14/m raised within an elliptical indent, then countermarked p in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (St. Eustatius, authorised September 1810), 4.64g/71.6 gr (Olrog p.25, 2; KM. St Eustatius 7.2). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1775, Rio, obv. countermarked with script jw raised within an oval indent on a central plug and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 11.74g/181.1 gr (Gordon 6; Prid. 4; KM. 2). Light trace of mounting on edge, otherwise coin and countermarks very fine, very rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
St. Maarten, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals, c. 1797), Charles III, 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 ib (representing 18 Stuivers), 6.81g/105.1 gr (Scholten 1414; Prid. p.258, fig. 36; VG 12; KM. 11.1). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500
Martinique, Guadeloupe-Martinique, Authority on Guadeloupe April 1804, Twenty-Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1777, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 above the head of an animal raised within a rectangular indent, then countermarked 20 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, also for Twenty-Livres per gros), the Martinique stamp obliterating much of the Guadeloupe stamp, 11.33g/174.9 gr (Gordon 112, this coin; Prid. p.230,...
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Three Stuivers, a worn Half-Réal-sized coin, one side countermarked with crowned 3/m raised within an oval indent, 1.35g/20.8 gr (KM. 4, this coin). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen recorded £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £3,100
St. Vincent, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, obv. countermarked gh raised within a shaped indent on a central plug and s raised within a square indent thrice around the edge, 11.60g/179.0 gr (Gordon 12, this coin; Prid. 8, this coin; KM. 6). Edge lightly clipped, otherwise coin and countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £3,300
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
Prince Edward Island, Authority of September 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804th, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with an incuse 10-point sunburst, 22.08g/340.7 gr (Graham p.24; KM. 2.1). Very fine and extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
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
Danish West Indies, ——— Quarter-Dollar, U.S.A., Quarter-Dollar, 1849, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned fr vii monogram, 6.67g/102.9gr (KM. 26). Extremely fine and very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,900
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, Authority of August 1798, Twenty-Two Guilders, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1766, Rio, obv. countermarked with script ed raised within an oval indent, 10.43g/160.9 gr (Gordon 13a, this coin; Prid. 1; KM. 3, this coin noted). Coin very fine but edge lightly clipped and traces of mounting, countermark extremely fine, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
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