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

Grenada, Authority of July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1780, Rio, obv. countermarked with script jw raised within an oval indent on a central soldered plug of gold and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 11.70g/180.6gr/7.52 dwt (Gordon 6; Prid. 4; KM. 2). Coin and countermarks about very fine, very rare £2,000-2,500

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.W. Garrett Collection, Part I, Bank Leu/NFA Auction (Beverly Hills), 16-18 May 1984, lot 1221; bt K.V. Eckardt