Auction Catalogue

25 September 2018

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The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

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Lot

№ 5083

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25 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,600

St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, a George III, Shilling, 1816, obv. countermarked crown/14/m, raised within an elliptical indent, 5.26g/81.2gr (cf. Olrog p.25, fig. 2; Prid. –; KM. 11 var). Coin nearly very fine but holed near the edge, countermark very fine (worn punch state), extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded on a George III Shilling £800-1,000

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

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Provenance: Bt J.G. Scott 2004.

Nicholas Morin was responsible for stamping coins so worn that it was difficult to recognise the proper value. In this case the coin was undoubtedly stamped as the host coin would have been unfamiliar to the local population