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25 September 2018

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The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

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№ 5194

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25 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£400

St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. pre-October 1811, One-and-a-Half Escalins (22 Sols 6 Deniers) raised to 2 Escalins (30 Sols) by the Decree of 8 October 1811, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 4 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with two incuse annulets, 3.33g/51.4gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 319, this coin, noted on Pridmore’s ticket as modern]; VG 2; KM. 7). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely 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: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 319.

Although Pridmore viewed this specimen as being modern, the same annulet punch has been noted on specimens of the one escalin (a cut third-segment of a 2 réales with a single annulet countermark) that are contemporary