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

St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), Montserrat-St. Barts, Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1768m, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, then countermarked with crowned 18/m raised within an elliptical indent, 6.18g/95.4 gr (Zay 54; Howland Wood 27; cf. Prid. Montserrat 9). Coin mediocre, countermarks fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

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: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1668; A. Patterson Collection, Bonhams Auction, 17 July 1996, lot 672