Martinique, ——— Twenty Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1778, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 11.27g/174.1gr/7.25 dwt (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin about very fine but X scratched in upper left reverse field, countermark good fine, rare £900-1,200

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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