The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Trinidad, Issue c. post-1804, Half-Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, a very lightweight one-sixth segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), no countermark, but later pierced, 0.53g/8.2gr (Prid. –). 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 1978.

Lightweight segments of the Spanish pistareen are identified as illegal in the Government Order of 5 May 1829