The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, a Charles III, Spanish 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), 1783jd, Madrid, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, 5.73g/88.4gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, cf. lot 269]; KM. –). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £300-400

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

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Provenance: Bt 1985.

This coin is unusual in that an official stamp has been countermarked on a head pistareen rather than on a Spanish-American 2 réales. Perhaps the head pistareen was rated the same as a Spanish-American 2 réales, as was the case on St Barts. It is not unusual to find pistareens countermarked with contemporary counterfeit stamps