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

Unattributed, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1761, Rio, obv. countermarked with script d raised within a circular indent, 11.33g/174.8gr/7.28 dwt (Gordon 203, this coin). Coin and countermark very fine but cracked under the countermark, the only known specimen £900-1,200

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: Bt I. Rudman 1977.

This coin does not match up with a known weight standard, being too heavy for the Leeward Island 7 dwt tariff and not sufficiently clipped to be reduced from the Windward Island 7½ dwt measure