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

Double Island Issues, St. Vincent-Tortola, Authority of December 1797 on St. Vincent, Half-Dollar, viceroyalty of peru, a lightweight cut half segment of an 8 Réales, Potosí, obv. countermarked with three incuse sv monogram stamps raised within a shaped indent, then tortola raised within a shaped indent [type I/b], c. 1801, 10.00g/154.3 gr (cf. Prid. Virgin Is. 31 [cf. Sale, lot 220]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500

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: E. Sellschopp Collection, Swiss Bank Corporation Auktion 20 (Zurich), 14-15 September 1988, lot 1319; bt K.V. Eckardt 1991