The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

St Bartholomew (St Barts), Post-1819 series, Eighteen Stuivers, a Charles III, 2 Réales, 1762jm, Lima, rev. countermarked o/18/crown raised within an oval indent, 5.39g/83.2gr. Coin poor, countermark fine, extremely rare £1,500-1,800

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

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Provenance: Bt Spink 1980.

The style of this countermark points to another silversmith appointed to stamp coins (perhaps on the death of Nicholas Morin in 1819), but the name and dates of operation of this individual have not been traced. At least three other specimens are recorded stamped by this silversmith: a Mexico 2 réales, a Spanish pistareen and a Spanish-American réal