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

St Lucia, ——— Three Escalins (perhaps 1812), Charles IIII, a lightweight cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with sl monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with plain edges, 5.48g/84.6gr (Prid. 16; VG 7; KM. 2). Coin and countermarks good fine, but possibly a contemporary forgery
£200-250

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.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 97.

The cataloguer believes that the plain indent is the c. 1812 issue, but the somewhat crude style of the countermark along with the light weight points to this specimen being a contemporary forgery