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

Unattributed, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1780, Rio, a lightweight forgery not comparable to any particular island standard, 10.58g/163.3 gr/6.80 dwt (cf. Gordon p.41). Good fine but some surface marks
£700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 10 April 1985, lot 622