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28 September 2010
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, Authority of August 1798, Twenty-Two Guilders, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1766, Rio, obv. countermarked with script ed raised within an oval indent, 10.43g/160.9 gr (Gordon 13a, this coin; Prid. 1; KM. 3, this coin noted). Coin very fine but edge lightly clipped and traces of mounting, countermark extremely fine, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA (British Guiana), Authority of December 1808, Three Guilders (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1806th, Mexico City, pierced with a hole with 19 crenations, obv. countermarked e.&d 3.gl raised within a beaded oval indent, 21.92g/338.2gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 151]; KM. 2; Scholten 1441). Coin good fine, countermark very fine, very rare £4,000-5,000
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA (British Guiana), ——— Three Bitts (valued at Fifteen Pence), a central plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 19 crenations, rev. countermarked e&d 3.bts raised within a beaded circle, 4.83g/74.5gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 152]; KM. 1; Scholten 1442). Coin and countermark very fine, countermark not fully struck up between 9 and 12 o’clock (perhaps punch broken), very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Curaçao, Authority of J.K. Lauffer, 1799-1803, Eight Patinhos or Eight Spanish Dollars (apparently valued at Seven-and-a-Half Spanish dollars), Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 17[—], Rio, obv. countermarked g+i, b, mh and l all raised within shaped indents, spaced around the edge, rev. countermarked w raised within a circular indent at the edge, 10.49g/161.9 gr (Gordon 14a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.250, fig 24; cf. Scholten 1367; KM. 8). Coin about very fine, countermarks better,...
Hammer Price: £14,000
Curaçao, ——— Eighteen Stuivers ‘Guillotine’ (valued at Three Reaals), MEXICO, Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, 1792fm, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 6.53g/100.8 gr (Scholten 1368a; Prid. p.251. fig. 25 [Sale, lot 421]; KM. 7). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £620
Curaçao, British Adminstration, Authority of August 1814, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals), a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 4.89g/75.5 gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin and countermark about fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
Curaçao, ——— Eighteen Stuivers, MEXICO, a cut fifth segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 4.32g/66.7 gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin fair, countermark about fine £70-90
Curaçao, ——— Eighteen Stuivers, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 4.13g/63.7 gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin fair, countermark very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
Curaçao, ——— UNITED PROVINCES, Zeeland, Six Stuivers [1672-1738], a cut segment with edges crenated, obv. countermarked with a bundle of 7 arrows raised within an oval indent, 1.53g/23.6 gr (cf. Verkada, 1848, pl. 93.1, for host coin; KM. Zeeland 50). Coin and countermark about fine, a contemporary forgery purporting to be an Eighteen Stuivers, rare and interesting £150-200
Hammer Price: £210
Curaçao, British Administration, Authority of September 1814, Twenty-One Stuivers (valued at Three-and-a-Half Reaals), MEXICO, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, [——]6, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent (c. 1800 under Dutch Administration ‘Guillotine’) and 21 raised within an oval indent, 6.66g/102.7 gr (Scholten 1369; Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 423]; KM. 16). Coin and countermarks good fine, extremely rare...
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, Authority of July 1818, Five Reaals (valued at Thirty Stuivers), Charles III, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with 5 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 8.37g/129.2 gr (Scholten 1386; Prid. p.252, fig. 26; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare; five specimens known £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £7,800
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals (valued at Eighteen Stuivers), a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 5.16g/79.6 gr (Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin fine, countermark very fine £90-120
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 4.90g/75.6 gr (Scholten 1387b; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin about fine but with surface corrosion, countermark very fine £80-100
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 4.70g/72.5 gr (Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin and countermark about fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 4.34g/67.0 gr (Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin and countermark about fine £70-90
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, c. 1819-1825, Three Reaals (valued at Eighteen Stuivers), a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 raised within a serrated circular indent, 4.32g/66.6 gr (cf. Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 28 [Sale, lot 425]; KM. 29). Coin and countermark very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £190
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 raised within a serrated circular indent, 4.66g/71.9 gr (cf. Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 28 [Sale, lot 425]; KM. 29). Coin and countermark fine £80-100
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 raised within a serrated circular indent, 5.28g/81.6 gr (cf. Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 28 [Sale, lot 425]; KM. 29). Coin and countermark about fine or better £70-90
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, Authority of June 1838, Quarter-Guilders (4), cut quarter segments of NETHERLANDS, Willem I, Guilder [one segment dated 1820], with crenated edges, revs. countermarked c raised within an oval indent, 2.37g/36.5 gr, 2.55g/39.3 gr, 2.66g/41.0 gr, 2.59g/39.9 gr (Scholten 1388; Prid. p.253, fig 29 [Sale, lot 426]; KM. 27). Four segments selected to reconstruct a whole coin; coins and countermarks about fine or better, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £520
USA, Colonial New York, MEXICO, Philip IV, cob 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer p [1634-65], with a pronounced plug, 21.00g/324.0 gr (Sedwick M18a; KM. 45). Surface corrosion due to salt water immersion and a large flan split, otherwise fair, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £400
USA, Colonial New York, viceroyalty of peru, Philip IV, cob 8 Réales, Potosí, assayer e [1652-65], with a large plug, 25.79g/398.0 gr (Sedwick P37a; KM. 21). Significant flan split and an attempted piercing, perhaps for another plug, otherwise about fine, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £500
USA, Colonial New York, viceroyalty of peru, temp. Philip IV, cob 4 Réales, Potosí, with a small but pronounced plug, 11.86g/183.0 gr (cf. KM. 17ff). Coin fair but no trace of any legend, extremely rare £300-400
USA, Colonial New York, Half-Dollar, U.S.A., 50 Cents, 1806, pointed 6, stem not through claw, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 12.97g/200.1 gr. Coin fair and pierced near top edge, countermark very fine, very rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £230
USA, Colonial New York, Quarter-Dollar, spanish captaincy-general of GUATEMALA, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1787m, Nueva Guatemala, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 6.52g/100.6 gr. Coin fair but with some bends on the edge and graffiti, countermark fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £80
USA, Colonial New York, Eighth-Dollar, a Spanish-American Réal, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 2.29g/35.3 gr. Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £55
USA, Colonial New York, Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, Half-Réal, 177[–]fm, Mexico City, assayers initials inverted, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 1.42g/21.9 gr. Coin poor and pierced near bottom edge, countermark fine, rare £100-150
USA, Colonial New York, One Cent, U.S.A., Cent [1796-1807], draped bust type, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 9.81g/151.4 gr. Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
USA, Colonial New York, One Cent, U.S.A., Cent, 1810, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, rev. countermarked f.s. bryant raised within a rectangular indent, 10.29g/158.9 gr. Coin fair, with two random punchmarks on the obverse, one in the rf countermark, countermarks fine £70-90
USA, Colonial New York, One Cent, U.S.A., Cent, 1817, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 10.01g/154.4 gr. Coin fair, countermark fine £70-90
USA, New Orleans, Quarter-Dollar (presumably valued at 25 Cents, c. 1812-14), a lightweight cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with federal eagle within a circular border, nouvelle orleans raised within a circular indent around, rev. countermarked pb (Planters Bank) surrounded by a raised chain border within a circular indent, 4.84g/74.6 gr (cf. Garrett 2031). Coin very worn, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £4,300
USA, New Orleans, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales (perhaps a Mexican Revolutionary issue), obv. countermarked with federal eagle within a circular border, nouvelle orleans raised within a circular indent around, rev. countermarked pb (Planters Bank) surrounded by a raised chain border within a circular indent, later countermarked with script bad raised within an oval indent over the pb stamp, presumably to indicate that the actual cut quarter segment was...
Hammer Price: £2,700
Prince Edward Island, Authority of September 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804th, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with an incuse 10-point sunburst, 22.08g/340.7 gr (Graham p.24; KM. 2.1). Very fine and extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Prince Edward Island, ——— Holey Dollar, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804th, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with a crude incuse 10 or 11-point sunburst, b stamped twice into the field along with a further unidentified stamp, 21.99g/339.3 gr (Graham p.24; Pridmore, SNC November 1960, fig. 2, this coin; cf. KM 2.1). A contemporary forgery, about fine but harshly cleaned, rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £550
Prince Edward Island, ——— Holey Dollar, SPAIN, Joseph Napoleon, 20 Réales, 1810ai, Madrid, centrally pierced, 21.16g/326.5 gr (Graham p.24; Faulkner fig. 10, this coin). An unofficial issue, fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £580
Australia, NEW SOUTH WALES, Authority of June 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), viceroyalty of peru, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, Lima, centrally pierced and stamped as a border around the piercing, obv. new south wales 1813, rev. five shillings, obv. later countermarked t · knight incuse, 19.53g/301.4 gr (Mira dies II/7.30 and B/1.30, no. 15; KM. 2.13). Coin and stampings worn, T. Knight better, rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Australia, ——— ‘Dump’ (valued at Fifteen Pence), a circular centre segment from the Five Shilling Holey Dollar, obv. stamped new south wales 1813 raised around a central crown, rev. stamped fifteen pence raised in two lines, edge roughly grained, 5.47g/84.4 gr (Mira dies A/1; KM. 1.1). Fair, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,450
Australia, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, converted into a matrix for a waistcoat button, with an offset circular piercing from which replica ‘Dumps’ were produced, 19.21g/296.4 gr (Spalding p.250, fig. 103). Good fine, seemingly very rare; two or three other specimens recorded £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Thirteen Pence), Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 5.82g/89.8 gr (Vice FT 2; KM. 10). Coin fair, countermark very fine, very rare £1,000-1,500
Sierra Leone, Authorisation not traced, Half-Dollar (presumably valued at Twenty-Six Pence), SPAIN, Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1803cn, Seville, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 13.24g/204.3 gr (Vice FT 1, this coin; KM. 13). Coin and countermark very fine though the r of the countermark not fully stamped, extremely rare; only two other specimens recorded £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,650
The Gambia, Quarter-Dollar (value Thirteen Pence ?, c. 1830s ?), FRANCE, Louis Philippe I, a cut quarter segment of a 5 Francs [1832+], 6.39g/98.6 gr (Pridmore, SNC February 1954, this coin [Sale, lot 697, this coin]). Fine or better, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
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