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Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Five-and-a-Half Bitts (presumed value of Four Shillings and Threehalfpence), a Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1794pr, Potosí, centrally pierced from the obv. with a circular hole with 16 crenations, 10.80g/166.7gr (Prid –; KM. –). Nearly fine, the only recorded specimen £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Jamaica, British Administration: Authority of November 1758, Dollar (valued at Six Shillings and Eightpence), a Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 25.95g/400.5gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.4). Coin and countermarks fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £2,200
Jamaica, British Administration: Authority of November 1758, Half-Dollar (valued at Three Shillings and Fourpence), a Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1753mf, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 13.00g/200.6gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Coin fine or better, countermarks fine, rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £3,200
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type I, Quarter-Dollar (presumed based on a Ten Bitt Dollar, valued at Two Shillings and Tenpence-Halfpenny), a Philip V, 2 Réales, 174[–], Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.04g/77.8gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 3 [Sale, cf. lot 279]; cf. KM. Martinique 3). Coin fair, extremely rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Quarter-Dollar (presumably valued at Two Shillings and Tenpence-Halfpenny), a Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 1755, Mexico City, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border, 5.15g/79.5gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 18 [Sale, cf. lot 285]; cf. KM. Martinique 18). Coin nearly very fine, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £950
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1802-05, Quarter-Dollar, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. a t scribed into the surface, rev. countermarked tirtila, 4.55g/70.2gr (cf. Prid. 9; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type II). Coin fair, countermark very fine, extremely rare with the contemporary t £500-600
Hammer Price: £400
Windward Islands, Sixty-Six Shillings, a Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Reis, 1783, Lisbon, heavily clipped down to 7 dwt 18 grains, 12.09g/186.6gr (cf. Gordon p.39). Very fine £500-700
Hammer Price: £800
Ionian Islands, Authority of 1813, Twenty-Five Paras, Charles II, Carlino, 1689, Naples, rev. countermarked 25 raised within a square indent (type I) and later crude bust over 25 raised within an oval indent (type II), 2.08g/32.1gr (Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 559, this coin] for countermark; CNI 283 for host). Coin fair, countermarks fine or better, extremely rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £4,000
Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, Justice, holding palm branch and scales, reaches out to a kneeling negress, her wrists chained, am i not a woman and a sister, rev. to the friends of justice mercy and freedom in wreath entwined with the names of the great abolitionists, 42mm (BHM 1669). Trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine, rare; pierced for suspension £500-700
Double Island Issues, Montserrat-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with m three times raised within a square indent, and tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], rev. countermarked with the Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent (partly worn away after the Tortola countermark was applied), 4.57g/70.5gr (Prid. 43 [Sale, lot 237]). Coin worn and cut down in size, removing nearly all of one of the...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a [17]72 Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design, raised within a shaped indent, rev. countermarked with m raised within a square indent in each corner, 5.72g/88.3gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 270]; KM. 10). Coin fair, countermarks very fine but obverse punch starting to break up, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £4,400
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Decree of May 1811, Nine Livres, a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1799fm, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a square hole with crenated edges, both sides countermarked with a crowned g raised within a shaped indent, 24.06g/371.3gr (Prid. 2, this coin [Sale, lot 399]; VG 30; KM. 25). Coin about fine with rough surfaces, countermarks fine or better, rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,000
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Eleven Bitts (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), a Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1790fm, Mexico City, transitional type, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole with 15 crenations, 23.29g/359.4gr (Prid. 21 [Sale, lot 288]; KM. 3.3). Fine or better, rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,900
St Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Half-Dollar, Charles III, a typically lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent, 9.68g/149.4gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 345]; KM. 4.1). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £600-800
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at One Shilling Three-Halfpence), a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 15 crenations (type II), stamped with a script t radiate, 3.37g/52.0gr (cf. Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 368, this coin]; KM. 9). Very fine, die crack on the left side prominent, very rare £600-800
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Half-Dollar, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Louis XV, Écu, Poitiers, obv. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 10.80g/166.7gr (cf. Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 175]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/b, late die state). Coin fair, countermark very fine, extremely rare on a French host £600-800
Ionian Islands, Authority of 1813, Fifty Paras, Charles II, Tari, 1694, Naples, countermarked on obv. with a crude bust over 50 raised within an oval indent (type II), 3.59g/55.4gr (Prid. 6, countermark [Sale, cf. lot 558]; CNI 331 for host). Coin poor, countermark fair, extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £3,800
Double Island Issues, St Vincent-Tortola, Authority of December 1797 on St Vincent, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram stamps raised within a shaped indent, rev. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], 5.46g/84.3gr (cf. Prid. 37-8 for specimens with other Tortola stamps). Coin worn smooth with pitted surface, sv countermarks fair, tirtila countermark fine, extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £3,600
St. Maarten, Authority of January 1798, One Stuiver, a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked stm raised within a rectangular indent, 1.34g/20.7gr (Scholten 1418; cf. Prid. p.256: both authors describe this as a square stamp, but in practice it is rectangular). Coin and countermark fair, perhaps better, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen recorded £600-800
St. Maarten, Authority of January 1798, One Stuiver, a Denmark, Two Skillings, obv. countermarked stm raised within a beaded circle, 0.83g/12.8gr (Scholten 1420; Prid. p.257, fig. 33; KM. 2 [value given as 2 Stuivers]). Coin worn smooth, countermark fair, extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £600
St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Nine Stuivers, contemporary counterfeit, a Charles III, Spanish Réal, obv. countermarked 9/m raised within a elliptical indent, 2.20g/34.0gr (unknown in any references). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermark fair, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen £600-800
Hammer Price: £900
Nevis, Nine Doggs, c. 1801, a Spanish-American cob Réal, both sides faintly countermarked with an incuse 9 (official ?) and obv. countermarked nevis raised within a rectangular indent, a very crude contemporary counterfeit and an incuse retrograde 9, 2.99g/46.1gr (Prid. –; KM. –).Coin poor, countermarks very fine, extremely rare and a most interesting specimen £600-800
Miscellaneous, An early 19th century burl walnut coin cabinet, 52 x 31.5 x 27cm, comprising 31 double-pierced mahogany trays to house a total of 471 coins, drawer at bottom, double brass pulls, trays labelled, double inlaid doors, lock and key. In excellent condition and most attractive £700-800
Hammer Price: £1,700
St Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Six Livres Fifteen Sous, Charles IIII, a cut centre segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 1802, obv. countermarked s: lucie raised within a shaped indent, 15.35g/236.9gr (Prid. 9 [Sale, lot 314]; VG 17; KM. 10.1). Coin and countermark nearly very fine, rare £700-900
St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Seven Stuivers, a Spanish Réal, rev. countermarked crown/7/m raised within an oval indent, 2.44g/37.7gr (Olrog p.25, fig. 6; cf. Prid. Montserrat 11; KM. 7). Coin obverse worn, reverse fair, countermark fine (punch in worn state), extremely rare £700-900
Guadeloupe, French Administration, c. pre-1811, Nine Livres, a Charles IV, 8 Réales, 1789fm, Mexico City, transitional type, pierced from the rev. with a square hole with crenated edges, no countermark, 24.05g/371.1gr (Prid. –; KM –). Fine, extremely rare; very few specimens recorded £800-1,000
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Forty Sous, a George II, Shilling, rev. countermarked with crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 5.29g/81.6gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lots 402-3]; KM. 15). Coin obverse fair, reverse worn smooth, countermark very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Twenty Sous, a French 12 Sols, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 2.32g/35.8gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, lot 404]; KM. 16). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermark fine and double-struck, extremely rare £800-1,000
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Four Escalins, Charles III, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales (actually a third by weight), obv. countermarked with a large incuse annulet, 8.81g/136.0g (cf. Prid. St Vincent 3 [Sale, cf. lot 347]; cf. KM. 3-4). Coin nearly very fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Barbados, Authority of June 1791, 8 dwt 8 grain Standard (in effect for six weeks), Two Pounds Ten Shillings, a Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1761, Rio, 13.01g/200.8gr/8dwt 8.8gr (cf. Chalmers pp.53-4). About fine, lightly clipped around the circumference and re-edged, extremely rare £800-1,000
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Threehalfpence), a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Reales, with 14 crenations (type I), stamped with a script t radiate, 3.42g/52.8gr (Prid. 2 [cf. Sale, lot 368]; KM. 9). Very fine and just starting to show the die crack on the left side, extremely rare £800-1,000
Colombia, Charles IIII, 8 Escudos, 1807jj, Nuevo Reino [Bogotá], 27.08g (Restrepo M97.38; Cayón 14612; KM. 62.1; F 51). Very fine £800-1,000
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 crowned wr incuse, 7.25g/111.9gr (Vice FT 3, this coin; cf. Pridmore, SNC February 1954; KM. 10). Coin fine with numerous cut marks on the reverse, countermark very fine but wr weak at the bottom, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Thirteen Pence), Ferdinand VII, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 5.99g/92.4gr (Vice FT 3; KM. 10). Coin fine, countermark better, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues pre 1801 and 1805+, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, countermarked on one side with an incuse t (an earlier undocumented authorisation on Tortola, possibly c. 1785, but prior to 1801) and on the other side tirtila raised within a shaped indent, 5.57g/86.0gr (Prid. 13 [Sale, cf. lot 252, a cut eighth-segment with the incuse t, erroneously attributed to Trinidad]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type III). Coin worn smooth,...
Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, assayer fm, initials reversed, Mexico City, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with incuse s three times for St Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], 6.06g/93.5gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 211]). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Double Island Issues, St Kitts-Tortola, Issues of c. 1801 on St Kitts, Eighth-Dollar, a cut eighth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with incuse s three times, the other side countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b, late die state], 2.97g/45.8gr (cf. Prid. 53 [Sale, cf. lot 249]). Coin worn smooth, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, a George III, Shilling, 1816, obv. countermarked crown/14/m, raised within an elliptical indent, 5.26g/81.2gr (cf. Olrog p.25, fig. 2; Prid. –; KM. 11 var). Coin nearly very fine but holed near the edge, countermark very fine (worn punch state), extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded on a George III Shilling £800-1,000
St Bartholomew (St Barts), Issues post-1821, Nine Stuivers, a Spanish-American Réal, one side countermarked c/9 raised within an elliptical indent, 2.63g/40.6gr (Olrog p.188; Prid. Not Attributed 39, this coin; Scholten 1374; Howland Wood 102, this coin; cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
St Bartholomew (St Barts), Issues post-1821, Seven Stuivers, a Spanish Réal, one side countermarked 7 raised within an oval indent and c raised within a shaped indent, 1.93g/29.8gr (cf. KM. Curaçao 4). Coin worn smooth, countermarks nearly very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,400
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