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

Guadeloupe, ——— Twenty Livres per gros, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1765, Rio, obv. countermarked 20.≠ animal head raised within a rectangular indent, also countermarked 20 within a frame raised within a rectangular indent, rev. countermarked with lion’s face within a frame raised within a square indent, 11.14g/171.9 gr (Gordon 17a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.229, fig. 19; cf. KM. 4.1). Coin very fine, countermarks very fine or better, extremely rare
£4,000-5,000

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: O.K. Rumbel Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1955, lot 16; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1800; A. van Loan Gaines Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 November 1972, lot 705