The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Barbados (General West Indies), Sixty-Six Shillings, Joseph I, a copper counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1762, Rio, most likely made in Birmingham and ready to be gold-plated and imported possibly to the Leeward Is. (where the lowest weight standard, 7dwt, was established), 8.28g/127.8gr. Very fine and much as made £200-300

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

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Provenance: Bt P. Withers 1989