Virgin Islands, 8 dwt Standard, c. 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1769, Rio, obv. countermarked rc raised within a rectangular indent on a large central plug, 12.44g/192.0 gr/8.0 dwt (Gordon 207, this coin; cf. Chalmers p.74). Coin and countermark fine but latter rather crude, extremely rare £3,000-3,500

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: Glendining Auction, 20-2 November 1923, lot 460 (part); Christie’s Auction (New York), 8 December 1983, lot 312