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Barbados (General West Indies), Eighth-Dollar, One Bitt (valued at Ninepence), a cut eighth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, Mexico City, 3.12g/48.1gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 160]). Obverse fair, reverse fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £190
St Bartholomew (St Barts), One Stuiver (c. 1797), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with crown raised within a shaped indent, 1.12g/17.3gr (Olrog, type unrecorded). Coin and countermark poor, rare £100-120
Cuba, Trinidad/Santiago/Principe, Provincial issue, 1841, a Charles III, 2 Réales, 1775cf, Seville, obv. countermarked lattice with star in centre to revalue from a Quarter-Dollar to a Fifth-Dollar, 5.41g/83.4gr (KM. 2). Coin nearly fine, countermark better, but not fully struck up £60-80
Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Bitt (valued at Fourpence-Halfpenny), Louis XVI, a cut half-segment of an Isle du Vent 12 Sols [17]31, 1.19g/18.4gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, cf. lot 164]). Fair to fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £180
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, rev. countermarked with incuse t (the style of this punch strongly points to it being official), 1.83g/28.2gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 183]). Coin fair, countermark very fine, rare as an official punch £80-100
Uncertain location, Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, 2 Réales, 177[–]fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked f12m with floral decoration and rope border raised within an oval indent, 6.23g/96.1gr (Prid. 20 [Sale, lot 439]; Duffield 583). Coin obverse fair with numerous scratches, reverse nearly fine, countermark nearly very fine, very rare £300-360
Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, jubilee in commemoration of the abolition of slavery, etc, rev. three negroes, two kneeling and one standing, raising their arms to heaven, 32mm (BHM 1670). About extremely fine, very rare; with integral loop for suspension £200-260
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Three Bitts (presumed, authority not traced), a Charles III, 2 Réales, 1774fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced with a hexagonal hole, 4.60g/71.3gr (cf. Prid. Not Attributed 35 [not in Sale]). Fair, extremely rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £170
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. post-October 1811, One Escalin (15 Sols) a contemporary counterfeit, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales with crenated edge (value 3 Stampees or 11 Sols 6 Deniers), obv. later countermarked with incuse annulet to increase the value to One Escalin, 1.60g/24.7gr (Prid. 23 [not in Sale]). Coin fair, countermark fine, very rare £200-260
Barbados (General West Indies), Quarter-Dollar, Two Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Sixpence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, [17]72, Mexico City, 7.03g/108.5gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 159]). About fine £80-100
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Three Bitts (valued at Two Shillings and Threepence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 6.33g/97.7gr (Prid. 23 [Sale, lot 294]; KM. –). Very fine £80-100
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1801+, Black Dogg, contemporary counterfeit, a French Colonies crown c on a plain flan, rev. countermarked with incuse t, 1.36g/21.0gr (cf. Prid. 7A/B [Sale, cf. lots 184-8]). Coin poor, countermark fine £50-80
Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust of William Wilberforce right, rev. Britannia with Victory and other allegorical figures, 53mm (BHM 627; E 983). Staining on neck, otherwise about extremely fine £150-200
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Forty Sous, contemporary counterfeit, a worn Shilling-sized coin, obv. countermarked j.p.p. (? a silversmith mark) raised within a shaped indent, rev. later countermarked with crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 4.27g/65.9gr (cf. Prid. 4). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
Tobago, Act of November 1798, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a crowned c type plain copper flan, rev. countermarked incuse tb/o, 1.77g/27.3gr (Prid. 3, this coin [Sale, lot 369, this coin]; KM. 6). Coin nearly fine, countermark very fine, very likely to be an official stamp and as such very rare £150-200
Tobago, Act of November 1798, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, obv. countermarked with incuse tb, 1.68g/25.9gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, lot 376]; KM. 5). Coin fine, countermark very fine and probably an official punch, rare £150-200
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, A Charles III Half-Réal, 1781, partially cut with a special tool designed to produce three ‘light weight cut half-segments’ and leave the centre segment for the melting pot, 1.25g/19.3gr (cf. Prid. p.32 for discussion of this coin type). Obverse fair, reverse fine, rare and interesting £60-80
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Quarter-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1727f, Segovia, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.23g/80.7gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 8 [Sale, cf. lot 282]; cf. KM. Martinique 8). Coin fine or better but with a test cut in the edge, rare £200-260
Nevis, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked nevis raised within a rectangular indent, 1.06g/16.4gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 266]; KM. –). Coin poor, countermark nearly fine or better, a contemporary counterfeit, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, a Ferdinand VI, Spanish 2 Réales (Cross Pistareen), 1759, Seville, rev. countermarked m raised within a square indent, 5.10g/78.7gr (Prid. –; KM. –). Very possibly a contemporary counterfeit stamped with an m in a similar fashion to cut segments of 8 and 2 Réales; coin fair, countermark nearly fine, rare and unusual £100-150
Guadeloupe, French Administration: Authority of September 1793, Three Sous Nine Deniers, ‘Collot’, a Louis XV, French Colonies, 12 Deniers, 1767, rev. countermarked with rf raised within a beaded oval indent, 12.20g/188.3gr (Prid. p.228, fig. 15 [Sale, lot 398]; VG 1; KM. 1). Coin nearly fine but with edge flaw, countermark better £100-150
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Moco, or One-and-a-Half-Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Threehalfpence), a circular segment, most likely from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script d radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 3.03g/46.6gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 290]; KM. 1). Very fine and an official issue £80-100
Dominica, Authority or evidence not traced, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), an Isle de Bourbon 3 Sous, 17[–]1a, pierced with a small diamond-shaped hole, 1.43g/22.1gr (Prid. 33 [Sale, lot 303]; KM. –). Nearly fine, very rare £60-80
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Quarter-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Louis I, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1724f, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 4.67g/72.1gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 8 [Sale, cf. lot 282]; cf. KM. Martinique 8). Coin fine or better but with edge nick, rare £200-260
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Half-Bitt, Fourpence-Halfpenny, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish Pistareen, although authorised these segments were evidently too small to countermark, 1.39g/21.5gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, cf. lot 182]). Very fine £30-50
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1802-05, Half-Dollar, a cut half-segment of a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, [17]96fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 10.52g/162.3gr (Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 189]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type II). Coin about fine, countermark very fine £200-300
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Three Bitts, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1730, crudely pierced with a square hole (seemingly in imitation of a hexagonal hole), 4.29g/66.2gr (cf. Prid. 34 [not in Sale]). Fine or better, very rare and interesting £150-200
Hammer Price: £140
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1800+, Black Dogg, a counterfeit French Metropolitan 2 Sols, 1749, rev. countermarked with incuse h surrounded by an incuse square frame, 1.85g/28.5 gr (Prid. 19A [Sale, lot 203]). Coin fair, countermark very fine £50-80
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1800+, Black Dogg, a Cayenne 2 Sous (possibly genuine), 1789a, obv. countermarked with incuse h within an incuse diamond-shaped frame, 1.45g/22.4gr (Prid. 19C [Sale, lot 205]). Coin nearly fine, countermark very fine £50-80
Uncertain location, Honore V, Monegasque Decime, 1838, obv. countermarked with crucified Christ within an oval frame in an oval indent, 18.31g/282.5gr. Coin nearly fine, countermark very fine £20-30
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1800+, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked with incuse t, perhaps official, obv. countermarked with incuse h within an incuse diamond-shaped frame, 1.38g/21.3gr (cf. Prid. 7 and 19C [not in Sale]). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks fair, rare £80-100
U.S.A. RF Countermarked Issues, Quarter-Dollar, c. 1796-1833, Charles IIII, 2 Réales, 1795fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 5.95g/91.8gr. Coin fair with small piercing at the top edge, countermark very fine, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Golden Jubilee of the Church Missionary Society, 1848, a white metal medal by J. Davis, celestial crown above trumpet from which banner hangs, church missionary society, etc., rev. priests at left offering blessings to a group of kneeling slaves, 39mm (BHM 2309 obv., rev. unlisted). Good very fine, very rare £150-200
Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, Ferdinand VII, a cut half-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 18[13-14]gj, Madrid, 2.91g/44.9gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 161]). About fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £120
Tobago, Act of November 1798, Stampee, a French 2 Sols, 1749, overstamped crowned c (in 1763), obv. countermarked incuse tb/o, 1.75g/27.0gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, cf. lots 369-75]; KM. 6). Coin fair, countermark very fine, possibly an official stamp £100-150
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter-segment of a Charles III, Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 5.77g/89.0gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 177]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/b). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermark very fine £200-260
Uncertain location, Napoleon, Franc, 1808a, rev. countermarked with a cockerel raised within an oval indent, 4.64g/71.6gr. Coin fair or better, countermark very fine £20-30
Historical Medals, JAMAICA, Opening of Suffield School, 1836, a white metal medal, unsigned, elevation of the School, rev. members upwards of 30,000, etc, 26mm (cf. Roehrs 1562); together with a modern Missouri Compromise bronze medal [2]. First good very fine, pierced for suspension; second extremely fine £70-90
Nevis, Uncertain denomination, a George III, Irish Halfpenny, 1769, obv. countermarked incuse nevis, 7.77g/119.9gr (Prid. 9). Coin poor, countermark very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, rev. countermarked m raised within a circular indent, 2.14g/33.0gr (cf. Prid. 8 [Sale, cf. lots 274-5]; KM. 1). Coin fair, countermark fine, a contemporary counterfeit £80-100
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