The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

St Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Half Dollar (valued at Four Shillings and Threehalfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), Charles III, a cut half-segment of an 8 Réales, 1789ij, Lima, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent, 12.12g/187.0gr (Prid. 1, this coin [Sale, lot 345, this coin]; KM. 4.1). Coin fine but surface somewhat corroded, countermarks better, extremely rare as a near full-weight specimen £900-1,200

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 345 [acquired June 1953]; E. Roehrs Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 87, 28 September 2010, lot 272