Auction Catalogue

17 November 2011

Starting at 2:00 PM

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 543 x

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17 November 2011

Hammer Price:
£25

Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Bitt (valued at Fourpence-Halfpenny), Spain, Philip V, a cut quarter segment of a 2 Réales (Pistareen) [17]25, 1.20g/18.5gr; Half-Bitt, Spain, Philip V, a cut quarter segment of a 2 Réales (Pistareen), [1718-26], assayer j, 1.32g/20.3gr; Half-Bitt, Spain, a cut quarter segment of a 2 Réales (Pistareen) of an uncertain monarch, 1.12g/17.3gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 163]) [3]. About fine £40-50

Provenance: First two F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 182 (part); last F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 377 (part).

These coins were used throughout the West Indies, but they were officially authorised in the Virgin Islands in February 1801 and in Trinidad in February 1804