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

Martinique, ——— Three Escalins or ‘Moco’ (4), cut quarter segments reconstructed into a whole coin, with crenated edges of:
a) Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, 5.89g/90.9 gr;
b) MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer fm, 6.40g/98.8 gr;
c) Charles III, Spanish-American 8 Réales, 6.42g/99.1 gr;
d) MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1807th, lightweight, 5.04g/77.7 gr [4]. First three fine, last very fine and in spite of the late host coin date the very light weight suggests a contemporary forgery rather than a modern copy
£500-700

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: Second bt April 1986; third bt R.V. Zander October 1968