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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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№ 80 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£600

Double Island Issues, Martinique-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a retangular indent [type IV/a], 7.41g/114.3 gr (Prid. 36, this coin [Sale, lot 228, this coin]). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, very rare £400-500

Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 228