Auction Catalogue
St. Maarten, Authority of January 1798, One Stuiver, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1782a, rev. countermarked stm raised within a beaded circle, 1.82g/28.1gr (Scholten 1419; Prid. p.256, fig. 30; KM. 1). Coin fair (note PH over 2 hearts was scratched into the counterfeit die that produced the host coin), countermark fine, rare £100-150
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.
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Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 171; W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 129
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