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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№ 513 x

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17 November 2011

Hammer Price:
£450

Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1763, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.70g/165.1 gr/6.88 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Graze in obverse field, otherwise very fine £700-900

Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 788