Auction Catalogue

17 November 2011

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Coins of the West Indies from the Collection of the late Edward Roehrs (Part II)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 425 x

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17 November 2011

Hammer Price:
£320

Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent, 5.89g/90.9gr (Prid. 9; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type II [Sale, lot 191]; KM. 17). Coin almost worn smooth, countermark fine £150-200

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1171; with Spink; bt D. Gill 1994