Virgin Islands – Tortola, ——— Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent, cut in half again to form a quarter segment, 5.91g/91.2gr (cf. Prid. 13; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type III [Sale, lot 196, this coin]; KM. 18). Coin and countermark fine, very rare and interesting
£150-200

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: T.B. Clarke-Thornhill Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-8 May 1937, lot 929 (part); F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 196 [from Baldwin]; bt I. Rudman 1982