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

Curaçao, Curaçao-St. Vincent-Grenada, Authority of J.K. Lauffer, 1799-1803, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL (?), Maria I, 6,400 Réis, 1788, obv. countermarked g+i, b, mh and l all raised within shaped indents spaced around the edge, rev. countermarked w raised within a circular indent; then to St Vincent, clipped down to the local 7½ dwt standard and countermarked s raised within square indent thrice around the circumference (partly obliterating the b, mh and l); then to Grenada, countermarked with incuse g thrice around the circumference, 11.67g/180.1gr/7.50 dwt (Gordon 103, this coin). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity; almost certainly the only treble-island Curaçao countermarked gold coin £7,000-8,000

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