The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, a Spanish-American 2 Réales, pillar type, Mexico City, rev. countermarked crown/18/m raised within an elliptical indent, 5.56g/85.8gr (Olrog p.25, fig. 1; Burzio 481; cf. Prid. Montserrat 9; Zay 54; Howland Wood 27). Coin worn smooth, countermark fine, perhaps better, extremely rare
£1,000-1,500

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

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Provenance: Bt S. Adams 1982.

The coinage in St. Barts was so worn that disagreements arose as to the value. J.N. Morin, a local silversmith, was appointed to produce punches and countermark these worn coins with the correct value