Trinidad, François Declos, Stampee (valued at One Penny), ENGLAND, Victoria, copper Halfpenny [1838-59], rev. countermarked with incuse fd, 8.01g/123.6 gr (Lyall pp.167-8; cf. Prid. 7ff; KM. Tn 1.1). Coin worn almost smooth, countermark fine £20-30

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: Gift of G. Barcant May 2002.

This and the following five lots comprise coins privately countermarked by François Declos, a barber in Port of Spain, between c. 1854 and February 1874, when it became illegal to deface coins by stamping them in this way