Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 163 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£2,000

Guadeloupe, French Administration, Authority of November 1802, Escalin, Charles IIII, a cut segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales 1806, after a central segment had been removed, rev. countermarked with incuse rf, 2.24g/34.6 gr (Prid. p.229, fig. 17; VG 2; KM. 2). Coin and countermark better than very fine, extremely rare £700-900

Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 134 (part)