The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Moco or One-and-a Half Bitts, contemporary counterfeit, a lightweight circular segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales (or 4 Réales) with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script d radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 2.26g/34.9gr (Prid. 22A [Sale, lots 291-3]; cf. KM. 1). Fine or better £60-80

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

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Provenance: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (duplicates); bt Spink 1971