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

Martinique, ——— Twenty-Two Livres per gros, PORTUGAL, Maria I, 800 Réis, 1796, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 1.93g/29.8gr (cf. Gordon p.80). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare
£1,000-1,500

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: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 256.

Deemed to be a modern fraud by Gordon, but the cataloguer is not convinced as other specimens of this countermark with the bar dividing the 22 and eagle have been noted that appear to be perfectly acceptable