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

St. Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Half-Dollar (valued at Four Shillings and Three-Halfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), viceroyalty of peru, Charles III, a cut half segment of an 8 Réales, 1789ij, Lima, obv. countermarked with sv monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent, 12.08g/186.4 gr (Prid. 1, this coin [Sale, lot 345, this coin]; KM. 4.1). Coin fine but surfaces somewhat corroded, countermarks better, extremely rare as a full weight specimen £700-900

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: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 345