The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Double Island Issues, St Kitts-Tortola, Issues of c. 1801 on St Kitts, Half-Dollar, a cut half-segment of a Charles III, Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse s three times, rev. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], 14.34g/221.3gr (Prid. 28 [Sale, lot 217]). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, rare £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: J.B. Caldecott Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 June 1912, lot 452 (part); bt Spink 1974