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, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, obv. countermarked with an unidentified symbol (described as a cockade and a heart and a g raised within a shaped indent) later overstamped with 20 raised within a shaped indent, 10.90g/168.2 gr/7.00 dwt (Gordon –; Prid. Not Attributed –; cf. Glendining, 10 July 1996, lot 481). Scrape on face, otherwise coin and 20 countermark very fine £1,500-2,000

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: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 789