Martinique, ——— Twenty Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1756, Bahia, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 9.03g/139.4 gr (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin fine but heavily clipped around the edge, countermark very fine, rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: Henry Christensen Auction 86, 9-10 December 1983, lot 971; bt K.V. Eckardt November 1984