The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1800+, Black Dogg, a plain copper flan, one side countermarked with incuse t and later countermarked with incuse h within an incuse diamond-shaped frame, 0.95g/14.6gr (cf. Prid. 7A/B and 19C [not in Sale]). Flan worn through at parts of countermarks, these fair or perhaps better, rare £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: Part of the Tortola withdrawal hoard, 1889; bt Baldwin 1983

As the h countermark is over the t this shows that varieties of the h stamp continued in use after 1801