The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Uncertain location, Napoleon, Franc, 1808a, rev. countermarked with a cockerel raised within an oval indent, 4.64g/71.6gr. Coin fair or better, countermark very fine £20-30

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

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Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 2024; bt 1984.

Attributed to Haiti in the Howard Gibbs sale catalogue, but more likely to be a French political symbol