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25 September 2018

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The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

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№ 5126

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25 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£4,400

Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a [17]72 Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design, raised within a shaped indent, rev. countermarked with m raised within a square indent in each corner, 5.72g/88.3gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 270]; KM. 10). Coin fair, countermarks very fine but obverse punch starting to break up, very rare £600-800

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

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Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1654; Henry Christensen Auction 76 (New York), 12 December 1980, lot 426; bt K.V. Eckardt 1982