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Sold between 17 November & 28 September 2010

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The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs

Edward Roehrs

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№ 74 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£680

Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, rev. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], 6.28g/96.9 gr (Prid. 23 [Sale, lot 212, this coin]). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000

Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 212