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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
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...
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
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
Martinique, ——— Twenty-Two Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1776, Rio, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, this countermark designated by Gordon as Fraud A, though a full weight coin, 14.32g/221.0 gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin and countermark about extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £950
Barbados (General West Indies), 8 dwt 8 grain Standard, Authority of June 1791 (in effect for six weeks), Two Pounds Ten Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1770, Rio, 12.92g/199.4 gr/8.31 dwt (cf. Chalmers pp.53-4). Light scratch across portrait and lightly clipped around the edge, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £920
St. Vincent, ——— Half-Dollar, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with a central plug to increase the weight, obv. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent (once on the plug), 9.41g/145.2 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 346]; KM. 4.2). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £700-900
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), ——— Nine Stuivers (c. 1834), a Spanish-American Réal, one side countermarked c/9 raised within an elliptical indent, 2.62g/40.4 gr (Olrog p.188; Prid. Not Attributed 39, this coin; Scholten 1374; Howland Wood 102, this coin; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine, extremely rare £200-300
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
Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], 6.13g/94.6 gr (Prid. 21 [Sale, lot 210, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £880
St. Maarten, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals, c. 1812-15), MEXICO, Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, 1799fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked st martin raised within a shaped indent, and design of seven bonded arrows raised within a shaped indent, 5.98g/92.3 gr (Scholten 1416; Prid p.258, fig. 37; VG 13; KM. –). Coin and countermarks fine or better, extremely rare £600-700
Nevis, Seven Doggs (valued at Ten Pence-Halfpenny, c. 1801), a Spanish-American One Réal-sized coin, one side countermarked nevis raised within a rectangular indent with serrated edges, incuse 7 below, 1.82g/28.1 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 262]). Coin worn completely smooth, countermarks fine to very fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500
Unattributed, Portugal, Maria I and Peter III, a striking from counterfeit 4 Escudos dies, 177[–], on a blank intended for an 18th century English copper Halfpenny token by W. Lutwyche, edge payable in lancaster london or bristol, 9.66g/149.0gr. About very fine, rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £850
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1773, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.90g/168.2 gr/7.00 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Scrape mark in obverse field and test mark on edge, otherwise very fine, reverse better, dull surfaces, rare £700-900
Vieques, Danish West Indies, Frederick VI, Twenty Skillings, 1816, edge engrailed, obv. countermarked with sunburst with 13 rays, 4.97g/76.6gr (KM. 11). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £820
St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, GREAT BRITAIN, George III, Shilling, 1816, obv. countermarked with crowned 14/m (Nicholas Morin), raised within an elliptical indent, 5.26g/81.1 gr (cf. Olrog p.25, 2, 3; KM. 11 variant). Coin fine, countermark fair, extremely rare as a denomination £900-1,200
Cuba, MEXICO, Second Republic, Peso, 1872, Guanajuato, obv. countermarked with incuse key (short variety), 26.97g/416.2gr (KM. R7). About very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £800
Double Island Issues, St. Vincent-Tortola, Authority of December 1797 on St. Vincent, Half-Dollar, viceroyalty of peru, a lightweight cut half segment of an 8 Réales, Potosí, obv. countermarked with three incuse sv monogram stamps raised within a shaped indent, then tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b], c. 1801, 10.00g/154.3 gr (cf. Prid. Virgin Is. 31 [cf. Sale, lot 220]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1775, Rio, a lightweight forgery clipped down to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.69g/165.0 gr/6.87 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Surface indentation in obverse field and edge lightly clipped, otherwise very fine, rare £700-900
British Honduras, ——— Brazil, John VI, 960 Réis, 1820r, Rio, overstamped on a Spanish-American 8 Réales previously countermarked with incuse crowned gr, as the previous lot, 26.59g/410.3gr (cf. Prid. 3; KM. –). Coin very fine, countermark visible on the obverse near the centre, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £780
Jamaica, Authority of November 1758, Dollar (valued at Six Shillings and Eightpence), MEXICO, Philip V, 8 Réales, 1738mf, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 26.53g/409.4 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.4). Coin about fine, countermark better, rare on an early host coin £300-350
Jamaica, ——— Half-Dollar (valued at Three Shillings and Fourpence), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 13.21g/203.8gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Fine, rare £400-600
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
Jamaica, ——— Half-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 13.19g/203.5gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Fine, rare £400-600
Hammer Price: £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
Cuba, MEXICO, Maximilian, Peso, 1866, Mexico City, rev. countermarked with incuse key (long variety), 26.81g/413.7gr (KM. R6; cf. Guttag 3385). Fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £700
St. DOMINGUE (Cap-FRANçAIS), ——— One Escalin, a Spanish-American cob Réal, 1714, trimmed to a round shape, rev. countermarked with a c on a crowned anchor raised within a shaped indent, 2.20g/34.0 gr (VG 4; Rudman p.8; KM 8.2). About fine, very rare £300-400
Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], 6.81g/105.1 gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 211]). Coin fair, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
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