Coins and Historical Medals

Virgin Islands – Double Island issues, Martinique-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a contemporary forgery Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1798, cut from a Spanish-American 8 Réales with crenated edges, rev. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II, late die state], 6.27g (Prid. 34 [Sale, lot 226]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type II). Coin fair, countermark good fine £200-£260

Provenance: West Indies Coins and Tokens, the property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 103, 1 October 2012, lot 4361 (part); K.V. Eckardt Collection