Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Gibraltar (with links to Dominica), Type II, c. 1764, Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Charles III the Pretender, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 170[8 or 9], Barcelona, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 4.05g (Prid. 8; KM. Martinique 8; cf. Roehrs 185). Pierced and with a flan crack, otherwise fine, very rare on this host £100-150

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 906; Dana Roberts Collection, Heritage Auction 3019 (Chicago), 7 August 2012, lot 27816; I. Rudman Collection