The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, Philip V, a very light weight cut segment from a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1.04g/16.1gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, cf. lot 162]). Very fine £30-50

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

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Provenance: Bt New Netherlands 1973.

These very lightweight segments were fabricated in Birmingham and imported into Barbados c. 1789, where they passed off as a ‘half segment’ of a pistareen. The fabricator was able to get three of these segments from a pistareen and a segment from the centre (which found its way to the melting pot) equal in weight to the three side segments