Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Gibraltar, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Sixteenth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, Half-Réal, 1736, Seville, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.32g (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 10 [Sale, cf. lot 283]; cf. KM. Martinique 6). Coin very fine, very rare £100-£150

Provenance: R. Lyall Collection, DNW Auction 149, 25 September 2018, lot 5275 [from Spink 1979]