Coins and Historical Medals

Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1805+, Eighth-Dollar, a cut segment of a Spanish 8 Réales, one side countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent, 3.56g (Prid. 14 [Sale, lot 197]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type III). Coin worn smooth, countermark about very fine, rare £300-£360

Provenance: K.V. Eckardt Collection [from R. Lyall November 1978]