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ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA (British Guiana), Authority of December 1808, Three Guilders (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1806th, Mexico City, pierced with a hole with 19 crenations, obv. countermarked e.&d 3.gl raised within a beaded oval indent, 21.92g/338.2gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 151]; KM. 2; Scholten 1441). Coin good fine, countermark very fine, very rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Curaçao, British Administration, Authority of September 1814, Twenty-One Stuivers (valued at Three-and-a-Half Reaals), MEXICO, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, [——]6, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent (c. 1800 under Dutch Administration ‘Guillotine’) and 21 raised within an oval indent, 6.66g/102.7 gr (Scholten 1369; Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 423]; KM. 16). Coin and countermarks good fine, extremely rare...
Martinique, Martinique-St. Vincent-Guadeloupe-Martinique, Authority of July 1798 on Martinique, Sixty-Six Livres, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, with a central plug to bring the coin up to the 7.5 dwt standard, obv. countermarked with fa raised within a rectangular indent (François Arnaud, Fort Royal, Martinique), then countermarked s raised within a square indent four times spaced around the edge for Sixty-Six Shillings (authorised on St. Vincent August 1798), the...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Haiti, Authority of June 1811, Dollar (valued at Eleven Escalins), MEXICO, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1780ff, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. and countermarked with a palm tree raised within a rectangular indent, 19.98g/308.3 gr (Braun, table 3, A-3; Prid. Barbados 8 [Sale, lot 165, this coin]). Waterworn, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £4,300
St. Vincent, Grenada-St. Vincent, Authority on Grenada July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 177[–], Rio, obv. countermarked with incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked s raised within a square indent, once in the centre and twice at the edge (authorised on St. Vincent August 1798), 11.56g/178.4 gr (Gordon 113, this coin [date given as 1779]). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
USA, New Orleans, Quarter-Dollar (presumably valued at 25 Cents, c. 1812-14), a lightweight cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 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, 4.84g/74.6 gr (cf. Garrett 2031). Coin very worn, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Virgin Islands – Tortola, 8 dwt Standard, c. 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, obv. countermarked mc (or g), raised within a rectangular indent on a large central plug, another smaller plug to the left of centre, both rather crudely done, 12.49g/192.7 gr/8.02 dwt (Gordon 205, this coin; cf. Chalmers, p.74). Coin about fine with quite a rough surface, clipped around part of the edge and with some file marks, extremely rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
Haiti, ——— Quarter-Dollar (valued at Two and Three-Quarter Escalins), MEXICO, Charles III, Two Réales, 1781ff, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with a palm tree raised within a rectangular indent, 6.76g/104.3 gr (Braun, table 4, B-5; Prid. Barbados 9 [Sale, lot 166, this coin]). Coin fine, countermark about extremely fine, later a plug inserted, extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £5,200
St. Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Twelve Bitts (valued at Nine Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1805th, Mexico City, with a large central hole, obv. countermarked s/xii raised within a shaped indent, 17.38g/268.2 gr (Prid. 10, this coin [Sale, lot 349, this coin]; KM. 12.2). Coin and countermark very fine, extremely rare £6,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £6,800
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, Authority of July 1818, Five Reaals (valued at Thirty Stuivers), Charles III, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with 5 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 8.37g/129.2 gr (Scholten 1386; Prid. p.252, fig. 26; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare; five specimens known £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £7,800
Danish West Indies, Authority of June-September 1850, Half-Dollar, U.S.A., Half-Dollar, 1849, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned fr vii monogram, 13.34g/205.8gr (KM. 27). Extremely fine and extremely rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
St. Vincent, Authority of August 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1761 Rio, with a collar added around the edge of the coin, obv. countermarked s raised within a square indent thrice spaced around the circumference and a small incuse t, central plug uncountermarked, 11.67g/180.1 gr (cf. Gordon 10). Coin fine or better, part of collared edge heavily clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £8,800
Jamaica, Act of 31 December 1772, Eight Escudos, viceroyalty of peru, Philip V, cob 8 Escudos, 1745 or 1746v, Lima, obv. countermarked with script gc raised within a shaped indent and a cayman or alligator raised within a shaped indent on a large central plug, rev. wi lightly engraved on the plug, 26.90g/415.1gr (Gordon 3a, this coin; Prid. 3; KM. 12.2, this coin). Coin fine or better, double-struck with a flan crack, heavily clipped prior to the plug being inserted, countermarks very fine,...
Hammer Price: £9,200
Australia, NEW SOUTH WALES, Authority of June 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), viceroyalty of peru, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, Lima, centrally pierced and stamped as a border around the piercing, obv. new south wales 1813, rev. five shillings, obv. later countermarked t · knight incuse, 19.53g/301.4 gr (Mira dies II/7.30 and B/1.30, no. 15; KM. 2.13). Coin and stampings worn, T. Knight better, rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Grenada, Authority of July 1798, Six Pounds Twelve Shillings, Brazil, John V, counterfeit 12,800 Réis, 1733, Minas Gerais, obv. countermarked with script jw raised within an oval indent on a large central plug and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 23.32g/359.8 gr (cf. Gordon 6; KM. –). Coin about very fine but edge lightly clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity £6,000-7,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
Curaçao, Authority of J.K. Lauffer, 1799-1803, Eight Patinhos or Eight Spanish Dollars (apparently valued at Seven-and-a-Half Spanish dollars), Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 17[—], Rio, obv. countermarked g+i, b, mh and l all raised within shaped indents, spaced around the edge, rev. countermarked w raised within a circular indent at the edge, 10.49g/161.9 gr (Gordon 14a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.250, fig 24; cf. Scholten 1367; KM. 8). Coin about very fine, countermarks better,...
Hammer Price: £14,000
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