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USA, Colonial New York, MEXICO, Philip IV, cob 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer p [1634-65], with a pronounced plug, 21.00g/324.0 gr (Sedwick M18a; KM. 45). Surface corrosion due to salt water immersion and a large flan split, otherwise fair, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £400
Unattributed, SPAIN, Philip V, Two Réales (Pistareen), 1724f, Segovia, obv. countermarked with incuse i within an incuse octagonal frame, 5.90g/91.0 gr (Prid. Not Attributed 32, this coin). Very fine and very rare; only one other specimen, a local find on Barbados, recorded £100-150
Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Half-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, a cut half segment of an 8 Réales, 1774fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 12.56g/193.8 gr (Prid. 1, this coin; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/b, early die state [Sale, lot 174, this coin]; KM. 7). Coin fair, countermark very fine, very rare with 1/b early die state countermark £250-300
Hammer Price: £390
Trinidad, Authority of June 1811, Nine Bitts (value Nine Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1805th, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. with an octagonal hole, 23.83g/367.7 gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 378]; KM. A14.1). About very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £380
Double Island Issues, St. Kitts-Tortola, ——— Half-Dollar, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], 9.03g/139.4 gr (cf. Prid. 27 [cf. Sale, lot 217]). Coin fair, countermarks very fine, very rare £500-600
St. Lucia, ——— Two Livres Five Sous, viceroyalty of peru, a side cut segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, Lima, assayer jp, rev. countermarked s:lucie raised within a shaped indent, 5.95g/91.8 gr (Prid. 10 [Sale, lot 315]; VG 14; KM. 9). Coin and countermark very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £370
St. Maarten, ——— One Stuiver, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked stm raised within a beaded circle, later countermarked with incuse m (authorised July 1820) to revalidate circulation, 1.67g/25.7 gr (Scholten 1424; Prid. p.258, fig. 38 [Sale, lot 431]; VG 8; KM. 3 [value given as 2 Stuivers]). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, rare £60-80
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Nine Stuivers (c. 1821), Charles IIII, a Spanish-American Réal, 1797, obv. countermarked 9 raised within an elliptical indent, 2.46g/38.0 gr (Olrog p. 25, this coin; Scholten 1361; Prid. Not Attributed 37; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin poor, countermark fine, very rare £200-300
Trinidad, ——— One Bitt (value One Shilling), an octagonal centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Reales, obv. countermarked with an incuse t, 2.54g/39.2 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 380]; KM. A10). Fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £360
Unattributed, Black Dogg (?), a worn Cayenne 2 Sous-sized coin, one side countermarked with sp monogram raised within a shaped indent, 1.96g/30.2 gr (Fonrobert 7857, this coin; Guttag 4877, this coin; Howland Wood p.126). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine £40-60
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), One Stuiver (c. 1808), a Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, rev. countermarked with a crown raised within a shaped indent, 1.52g/23.4 gr (Olrog type 8). Coin fine or better, countermark very fine, rare £80-100
St. Eustatius (Statia), Authority of December 1809, One Stuiver, a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with se raised within a circular indent, then p raised within a circular indent, 1.35g/20.8 gr (Prid. p.263, fig. 44 [Sale, lot 433]; Scholten 1429a/b; VG 3; KM. 4). Coin fair, countermarks very fine, rare £60-80
Nevis, Black Dogg (value Three-Halfpence, c. 1801), a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked nevis raised within a shaped indent, 1.78g/27.4 gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, lot 263]). Coin fair and perhaps a genuine Cayenne 2 Sous, countermark very fine and probably official, rare £80-100
Vieques, Danish West Indies, Frederick VII, Ten Skillings, 1848, edge plain [struck in 1856], obv. countermarked with sunburst with 13 rays, 2.43g/37.5gr (KM. 10 variety). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £350
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Seven Stuivers (c. 1834), a Spanish-American Réal, one side countermarked with retrograde c/7 raised within an elliptical indent, 2.00g/30.8 gr (Olrog p.188 (b); Howland Wood 127; cf. J.J. Ford Sale, lot 226; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin worn smooth and pierced, countermark about fine, extremely rare £200-300
British Honduras, ——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned gr, 26.90g/415.1gr (countermark type not recorded in Prid.; Burzio pl. 233, this coin). Coin and countermark good very fine and attractively toned, possibly a modern concoction £100-150
Hammer Price: £340
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Half-Dollar, Charles IIII, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 17[––], obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 13.06g/201.5gr (Prid. 1; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/a, early die state [Sale, lot 172]; KM. 7). Coin fair to fine, countermark better, very rare with this early die state countermark £300-400
Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— One Bitt, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1774, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 2.43g/37.5 gr (Prid. 5; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type I/b, late die state [Sale, lot 181]; KM. 4). Coin worn, countermark about fine, very rare £300-400
Double Island Issues, St. Kitts-Tortola, Issues of c. 1801 on St. Kitts, Half-Dollar, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 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], 12.66g/195.4 gr (Prid. 26 [Sale, lot 216]). Coin fair, countermarks fine or better, very rare £500-600
St. Maarten, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals, c. 1817+), a lightweight cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked st martin raised within a shaped indent, and design of seven bonded arrows raised within a shaped indent, 3.90g/60.2 gr (cf. Scholten 1416; Prid p.258, fig. 37; KM. 12). Coin fair, countermarks fine, rare £200-250
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1782ff, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, 6.16g/95.1 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 268]; KM. 12). Coin mediocre, countermark good fine, very rare £400-500
Dominica, ——— Three Bitts (valued at Three Shillings and Threepence), a cut half of a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales (cf. Prid. 27), obv. countermarked with a crowned 3 raised within a shaped indent, straight cut edge roughly crenated, traces of rough graining on the curved edge, 4.00g/61.7 gr (Prid 29 [Sale, lot 299]; KM. 4). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine, extremely rare £300-400
Dominica, Issues of c. 1816-18, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Two Shillings and Sixpence), Charles III, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked 2.6 raised within a shaped indent, 6.91g/106.6 gr (Prid. 32 [Sale, lot 302]; KM. 10). Coin and countermark about fine, rare £250-300
British Honduras, Countermarked series, c. 1810-20, Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1809th, Mexico City, military bust, obv. countermarked with crowned gr raised within a square indent with rounded corners, 26.68g/411.7gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 153]; KM. 1.2). Coin and countermark very fine but countermark weak at the top, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £330
St. Vincent, ——— Quarter-Dollar (valued at Two Shillings and Three-Farthings, or Two-and-Three-Quarter Bitts), a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent, 5.96g/91.9 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 348]; KM. 3). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Eighth-Dollar, a cut eighth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 2.80g/43.2 gr (Prid. 4; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/b, late die state [Sale, lot 179]; KM. 5). Coin worn smooth, countermark about fine, rare £200-250
Unattributed, Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, Half-Réal, 177([–]fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked f3m with floral decoration and rope border raised within an oval indent, 1.67g/25.7 gr (Prid. p.282 [not seen]; Duffield 58x). Coin and countermark extremely fine and lightly toned, very rare £200-300
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), One Stuiver (c. 1834), Curaçao, One Stuiver, 1822, rev. countermarked with a crown raised within a shaped indent (Olrog type 14; cf. KM. 3). Coin poor, countermark fair, extremely rare £250-300
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
St. Vincent, ——— Black Dogg (valued at Three-Halfpence), a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with incuse retrograde s within a shaped frame, 1.88g/29.0 gr (Prid. 15, this coin [Sale, lot 355, this coin]; KM. 7). Coin with surface corroded, fair, countermark fine or better, extremely rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £310
Montserrat, ——— Quarter-Dollar, Spain, Charles III, 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), 1788m, Madrid, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, 5.68g/87.7 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [cf. Sale, lot 269]; KM. –). Coin fair, countermark fine, rare £250-300
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
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
Gibraltar, ——— Heart-shaped Plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 2.66g/41.0 gr. Fair, rare £90-120
St. Lucia, ——— One Escalin, Charles IV, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, cut from the rev. with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with one incuse annulet, 2.26g/34.8 gr (Prid. 7; VG 1; KM. 6). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £300
Grenada, ——— One Bitt (value Ninepence), SPAIN, Charles IIII, a cut third segment of a 2 Réales (Pistareen) 1798, obv. countermarked with tr raised within a shaped indent, incuse g, and 1 raised within a square indent, 1.85g/28.5 gr (Prid. 13 [Sale, lot 364]; KM. 11). Coin fair, countermarks fine, very rare £300-400
Australia, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, converted into a matrix for a waistcoat button, with an offset circular piercing from which replica ‘Dumps’ were produced, 19.21g/296.4 gr (Spalding p.250, fig. 103). Good fine, seemingly very rare; two or three other specimens recorded £200-300
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
Martinique, Authority of September 1797, Three Escalins or ‘Moco’ (valued at 45 Sols), MEXICO, Charles III, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, the cut edges crenated, 6.48g/100.0 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 414]; VG 21; KM 26). Very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £290
Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Half-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles IIII, a cut half segment of an 8 Réales, 1791fm, Mexico City, rev. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent, 13.06g/201.5 gr (Prid 8; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type II [Sale, lot 189]; KM. 19). Coin and countermark about fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £280
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