Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Two Livres Five Sous, Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges (Martinique ‘Moco’ c. 1797), obv. countermarked three times with crowned g raised within a shaped indent, 5.85g/90.3gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 406]; VG 29; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500

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

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Provenance: Bt CNG 1996.

The Proclamation was issued due to the importation of lightweight cut segments and a minimum weight standard of one-and-a-half gros (88.3g French/90.0g British) was established. The few genuine specimens recorded are all stamped with the same crowned g punch and this punch does not appear on any of the dollars or 45 sous mocos cut and countermarked in 1811