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

Guadeloupe, French Administration, Authority of April 1804, Twenty Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1780, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 ≠ and animal head raised within a rectangular indent, 12.43g/191.8gr (Gordon 17d, this coin; cf. KM. 4.2). Coin and countermark very fine, extremely rare £3,000-3,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 7 October 1996, lot 199