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

Martinique, St. Vincent-Guadeloupe-Martinique, Authority on St. Vincent August 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, Rio, obv. countermarked s raised within a square indent four times spaced around the edge, originally with a plug of good gold later replaced with a plug of base gold, the base gold plug removed in Guadeloupe and the coin valued at 20 Livres per gros (authorised April 1803); the coin moved to Martinique, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised September 1805), 7.96g/122.8gr (Gordon 104, this coin). Coin about fine and heavily clipped around the edge, countermarks good fine, of the highest rarity £3,000-3,500

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: R.J. Ford Collection; bt R.C. Gordon