The Roehrs Collection of West Indies Cut and Countermarked Coins (Part I)

Virgin Islands – Tortola, 8 dwt Standard, c. 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, obv. countermarked mc (or g), raised within a rectangular indent on a large central plug, another smaller plug to the left of centre, both rather crudely done, 12.49g/192.7 gr/8.02 dwt (Gordon 205, this coin; cf. Chalmers, p.74). Coin about fine with quite a rough surface, clipped around part of the edge and with some file marks, extremely rare
£2,500-3,000

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: J.W. Garrett Collection, Part I, NFA/Bank Leu Auction (Beverly Hills), 16-18 May 1984, lot 1231 [from J. Schulman December 1930]