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

Guadeloupe, British Administration, Authority of May 1811, Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Reis, 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, 13.30g/205.2gr (cf. Gordon 20 and p.84; Prid. 1; VG 32; KM. 28). Coin polished but very fine, countermarks better, very rare £800-1,000

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: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1496; bt Spink 1987.

The cataloguer is not convinced that this pair of countermarks are modern fakes. However, the amateurish style might suggest a contemporary forgery