The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, a Ferdinand VI, Spanish 2 Réales (Cross Pistareen), 1759, Seville, rev. countermarked m raised within a square indent, 5.10g/78.7gr (Prid. –; KM. –). Very possibly a contemporary counterfeit stamped with an m in a similar fashion to cut segments of 8 and 2 Réales; coin fair, countermark nearly fine, rare and unusual £100-150

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

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Provenance: W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 100 (part), where described as a concoction