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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№ 554 x

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17 November 2011

Hammer Price:
£320

Grenada, Issues of c. 1786, Bitt (valued at Ninepence, after 21 March 1787 reduced to Sixpence), a lightweight cut ‘eleventh’ of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked with incuse g, 1.70g/26.2gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 357]; KM. 1). Obverse almost flat, reverse fine, countermark better, possibly a contemporary forgery, rare £100-150