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

Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1772, Bahia, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.95g/169.0 gr/7.04 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). About extremely fine, rare £700-900

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: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 789; R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 7 October 1996, lot 216