Virgin Islands – Tortola, Issues c. 1802-05, Half-Dollar, a cut half-segment of a Charles III, 8 Réales, 177[–], Mexico City, obv. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent and what appears to be an incuse s (possibly a contemporary counterfeit stamp from St Kitts), 11.92g/183.9gr (Prid 8 [Sale, cf. lot 189], Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type II). Coin about fine and cut on a horizontal axis rather than the more typical vertical axis, countermark very fine
£200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 43; bt Baldwin 1989