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20 & 21 February 2019

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Lot

№ 928

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21 February 2019

Hammer Price:
£140

Gibraltar, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Eighth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Spanish Réal, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.96g (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 9 [Sale, cf. lot 280]; cf. KM. Martinique 7). Coin worn smooth, rare £100-£150

Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 78 (part); R. Lyall Collection, DNW Auction 149, 25 September 2018, lot 5273 [from E. Roehrs 2005]