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Martinique, Authority of September 1797, Three Escalins or ‘Moco’, probably a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IV, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, transitional type, with crenated edge, 4.77g/73.6gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 415]; cf. VG 21; cf. KM. 26). Fine or better £200-300
Hammer Price: £320
Martinique, Authority not traced, Twenty Livres per gros, a Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1769, Rio, seemingly a uniface electrotype, the original coin countermarked 22/eagle, raised within a shaped indent, perhaps as a pattern for counterfeits to be imported into the island, 12.86g/198.4gr. Coin better than fine but eagle of the countermark very weak, rare and interesting £150-200
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Three Escalins, a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked three times with sl monogram raised within a rectangular indent with plain edges, 5.49g/84.7gr (cf. Prid. 16 [Sale, cf. lot 312]; VG 7; KM.2). Coin fine, countermarks better, rare £240-300
Uncertain location, Eighth-Dollar ?, a Philip V, Réal, 1726j, Seville, obv. countermarked 4 raised within a shaped indent, 2.89g/44.6gr (cf. Prid. 31 [Sale, cf. lots 446, 449]; cf. Roehrs 632, 636). Coin and countermark fine or better £80-100
St Bartholomew (St Barts), One Stuiver (c. 1834?), a Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked with crown raised within a shaped indent, 2.19g/33.8gr (Olrog, type unrecorded). Coin poor, countermark nearly fine, rare £100-150
St Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Two Livres Five Sous, Charles IIII, a side cut segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked s: lucie raised within a shaped indent, 5.39g/83.2gr (Prid. 10 [Sale, lot 315]; VG 14; KM. 9). Coin obverse fair, reverse fine, countermark very fine, scarce £240-300
Hammer Price: £300
Curaçao, Dutch Administration: Authority of June 1838, Quarter-Guilder, a cut quarter-segment of a Willem I, Guilder, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked with script c raised within an oval indent, 2.65g/40.9gr (Scholten 1388; Prid. p.253, fig. 29 [Sale, lot 426]; KM. 27). Coin and countermark very fine, rare £150-200
Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Sixteenth-Dollar (presumably valued at about Fivepence-Halfpenny), a Ferdinand VI Half-Réal, 1756jm, Lima, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border, 1.29g/19.9gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 20 [Sale, cf. lot 287]; cf. KM. Martinique 16). Coin very fine, rare £150-200
Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar, a contemporary counterfeit, Ferdinand VII, a cut quarter-segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer jj, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 6.09g/93.9gr (cf. Vice FT 5). Coin about fine, countermark better but r not struck up, rare £400-500
St Bartholomew (St Barts), One Stuiver (c. 1797), a Cayenne 2 Sous size flan, one side countermarked with a crown raised within a shaped indent, 1.11g/17.1gr (Olrog type 8; KM. 2.1). Coin worn smooth, countermark about fine, rare £100-150
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1801+, Black Dogg, contemporary counterfeit, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1[78]9a, rev. countermarked with incuse t, 1.57g/24.2gr (Prid. 7A [Sale, lot 184]). Coin fine, surface lightly corroded, countermark very fine £50-80
Hammer Price: £280
Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by J. Davis, in commemoration of the extinction of colonial slavery, etc, rev. slave stands with arms raised, 43mm (BHM 1665). About extremely fine, rare; pierced for suspension £150-200
St Bartholomew (St Barts), One Stuiver (c. 1834), a genuine Cayenne 2 Sous, Paris, rev. countermarked with crown raised within a shaped indent, 1.16g/17.9gr (Olrog type 14). Coin poor, countermark nearly fine, rare £100-150
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Six Bitts (valued at Four Shillings and Sixpence), Charles IIII, a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with a crowned 6 raised within a shaped indent, 8.70g/134.3gr (Prid. 27 [Sale, lot 297]; KM. 6). Coin poor, countermark good fine, detail in crown would indicate an official punch £200-260
Hammer Price: £260
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a crowned c type plain copper flan, rev. countermarked with incuse retrograde s within a shaped frame, 1.44g/22.2gr (Prid. 14 [Sale, lot 353]; KM. 8). Coin and countermark fine, rare £150-200
Uncertain location, Philip V, Réal, 1733pa, Seville, obv. countermarked 3 raised within a rectangular indent, 2.88g/44.4gr (cf. Prid. Not Attributed for similar countermarks). Coin and countermark very fine £150-200
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
Curaçao, British Administration: Authority of August 1814, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals), Charles IIII, a cut fifth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 5.02g/77.5gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin fair and with traces of mounting at corners, countermark fine or better £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
Jamaica, British Administration: Authority of November 1758, Réal (valued at Tenpence), a Ferdinand VI, 1 Réal, 1757jm, Lima, both sides countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 3.29g/50.8gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 169]; KM. 3). Coin and countermark fine or better £150-200
Uncertain location, Eighth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, Réal, 1733a, Seville, obv. countermarked 4 raised within a shaped indent, later pierced with a heart-shaped hole (type II), 2.70g/41.7gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 9; cf. KM. Martinique 7). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £100-150
Nevis, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked nevis raised within a crude rectangular indent, 1.79g/27.6gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, cf. lot 264]; KM. –). Coin poor, countermark fine, a contemporary counterfeit, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Decree of May 1811, Forty-Five Sou Moco, contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), cut from the obv. with crenated edges, obv. twice countermarked with crowned g raised within a shaped indent, rev. twice countermarked with crowned g retrograde raised within a shaped indent, 6.13g/94.6gr (cf. Prid. 15-21 [Sale, cf. lots 409-12]; VG 28; KM. 34). Coin fair,...
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Decree of May 1811, Forty-Five Sou Moco, contemporary counterfeit, a very lightweight cut quarter-segment from the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed) derived from an 8 Réales, Lima, cut from the rev. with crenated edges, rev. twice countermarked with crowned g raised within a shaped indent, 3.44g/53.1gr (cf. Prid. 15-21 [Sale, cf. lots 409-12]; cf. VG 28; cf. KM 34). Coin and countermarks very fine; the light weight, crude...
British Honduras, Countermarked series, c. 1810-20, Dollar, a Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked crowned gr raised within a square indent, 26.26g/405.2gr (cf. Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 156, this same countermark]; cf. KM. 1.2; cf. Byrne 1371-2). Coin about fine but with small piercing on top at the edge, countermark fine £200-300
Curaçao, Dutch Administration: Authority of July 1818, Three Reaals (valued at Eighteen Stuivers, a cut fifth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 4.42g/68.4gr (Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin nearly fine, countermark better £100-150
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, c. 1819-1825, Three Reaals, a cut fifth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked 3 raised within a serrated circular indent, 5.14g/79.3gr (cf. Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig 28 [Sale, lot 425]; KM. 29). Coin fair to fine, countermark very fine £100-150
Spain, Charles IIII, 2 Escudos, 1789mf, Madrid, 6.70g (Cayón 14143; KM. 435.1; F 296). Very fine £180-220
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1805+, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent, 6.46g/99.7gr (Prid. 13 [Sale, lot 195]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type III). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermark very fine £200-260
Jamaica, JAMAICA, International Exhibition, 1891, a gilt-copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, diademed bust of Victoria left, rev. legend in wreath, un-named, 45mm (cf. Brandon 1027). Extremely fine £80-100
St Christopher (St Kitts), Black Dogg (value Threehalfpence, c. 1802), a Cayenne 2 Sous [1782/9a], possibly genuine, obv. countermarked with incuse s.k., 1.36g/21.0gr (cf. Prid. 5-6 [Sale, cf. lots 258-9]; cf. KM. 1-2). Coin obverse about fine, reverse poor, countermark fine or better, rare £100-150
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, obv. countermarked m raised within a shaped indent, 1.67g/25.8gr (cf. Prid. 8 [Sale, cf. lots 274-5]; KM. 1). Coin and countermark very fine, the countermark a contemporary counterfeit £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Decree of May 1811, Twenty Sou Moco, a contemporary counterfeit, a square segment possibly from a 4 Réales or a sheet of silver (perhaps of Birmingham manufacture) with crenated edges, stamped with g radiate, 2.06g/31.8gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 401]; cf. VG 27; cf. KM. 19). Very fine £100-150
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Forty Sous, contemporary counterfeit, a Charles IIII, Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1808ai, Madrid, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 5.51g/85.0gr (cf. Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lots 402-3]). Coin obverse nearly fine, reverse fair, countermark fine or better, rare £200-300
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Two Livres Five Sous, contemporary counterfeit, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges (a contemporary counterfeit Martinique Moco), rev. countermarked three times with crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 4.78g/73.8gr (Prid. 13, this coin, where described as a modern copy). Coin and countermarks very fine £200-300
Trinidad, Proclamation of February 1804, Half-Bitt (valued at Sixpence), Philip V, a cut half-segment of a Spanish Réal, 1738, 1.18g/18.2gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, cf. lot 377]); Quarter-Bitt (valued at Threepence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American Réal [177]2, Guatemala, 0.81g/12.5gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, cf. lot 377]) [2]. Fine £30-50
Jamaica, Spanish Administration, Four Maravedis of Santo Domingo, rev. countermarked with an incuse anchor to revalue the coin to 1/11th of a Réal, c. 1582, 4.39g/67.7gr. Coin fine for issue, countermark fine £40-60
Mexico, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1763/2mf, Mexico City, 26.90g (Cayón 11918; KM. 105); 2 Réales, 1781ff, Mexico City, 6.22g (Cayón 11610; KM. 88.2) [2]. About fine and better £50-70
Nevis, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked nevis raised within a rectangular indent, 1.74g/26.6gr (cf. Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 266, this coin]; KM. –). Coin nearly very fine, countermark better, a contemporary counterfeit, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, One Bitt, Ferdinand VI, a cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, Mexico City, rev. countermarked m raised within a square indent, 2.88g/44.4gr (cf. Prid. 6 [Sale, cf. lots 271-2]; cf. KM. 6.2). Coin better than fair, countermark nearly fine and probably a contemporary counterfeit; if so unusual on the correct Spanish-American cut segment, very rare £200-300
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, obv. countermarked m raised within a circular indent, 1.47g/22.7gr (cf. Prid. 8 [Sale, cf. lots 274-5]; KM. 1). Coin and countermark nearly fine, countermark possibly official, rare £100-150
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