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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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№ 547 x

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17 November 2011

Hammer Price:
£6,800

St. Vincent, Authority of August 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 17[–]9 (Rio?), with a central plug, obv. countermarked s raised with a square indent thrice, once on the plug and twice spaced around the circumference, 11.61g/179.1gr/7.46 dwt (Gordon 10, this coin; cf. Prid. 7). Coin and countermarks fine or better, edge heavily clipped, extremely rare £3,000-3,500

Provenance: Bt Spink 1978