Gibraltar, Authority untraced, Ismail b. el-Sharif (1672-1727), a Morocco Bunduqi, countermarked j/key/r (small d within the loop of the r) raised within an oval indent, 3.15g/48.6gr (Lyall, SNC September 2009, p.161, this coin; ICV 3036). Coin fair with small piercing, countermark very fine, extremely rare £2,000-3,000

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

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Provenance: W. Raymond Collection, 1925; J.W. Garrett Collection, lot unspecified; R.J. Ford Collection.

This would seem to be the countermark of John David Reed, a silversmith in Gibraltar who has been noted to be working c. 1753 (cf. SNC September 2009)