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

St. Maarten, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals, c. 1797), Charles III, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse cc and design of seven bonded arrows raised, within a shaped indent, the cut edges countermarked ib (representing 18 Stuivers), 6.81g/105.1 gr (Scholten 1414; Prid. p.258, fig. 36; VG 12; KM. 11.1). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500

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: Bt G. Hearn August 1966