The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Martinique, Authority of September 1805, Twenty-Two Livres per gros, a Joseph I, Four Escudos, 1768, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 over eagle raised within a shaped indent, 12.60g/194.4gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin and countermark fine, clipped around the edge with possible trace of mounting, granular surface, rare
£1,500-2,000

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

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Provenance: E. Roehrs Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 87, 28 September 2010, lot 230 [acquired 1982]