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

Martinique, Grenada-Martinique, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1772, Rio, obv. countermarked with an incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked 22 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, valued at 22 livres per gros), 11.79g/181.9 gr (Gordon 107, this coin; Prid. Grenada 19). Coin about very fine and moderately clipped around the edge, countermarks very fine, 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: R.J. Ford Collection; R.C. Gordon Collection [from R.J.F.]; bt R.C.G.