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

St. Bartholomew (St. Barts), St. Eustatius-St. Barts, ——— Nine Stuivers, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1741mf, Mexico City, rev. first countermarked with crowned 9/m raised within an elliptical indent, then countermarked p in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (St. Eustatius, authorised September 1810), 2.87g/44.3 gr (Olrog p.25, 5). Coin poor, St. Barts countermark fine but partly obliterated by the second stamp, St. Eustatius countermark very 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: Henry Christensen Auction 79, 11-12 December 1981, lot 676; bt I. Rudman 1982