The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Dollar (presumably valued at Seven Shillings and Sixpence), a Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1756mm, Mexico City, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border on each side, 22.06g/340.4gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 16 [Sale, cf. lot 284]; cf. KM. Martinique 20). Coin fine or better, very rare £1,000-1,500

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

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Provenance: Bt K.V. Eckardt 1983 [from J. Peters]