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

ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA (British Guiana), ——— Three Bitts (valued at Fifteen Pence), a central plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 19 crenations, rev. countermarked e&d 3.bts raised within a beaded circle, 4.83g/74.5gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 152]; KM. 1; Scholten 1442). Coin and countermark very fine, countermark not fully struck up between 9 and 12 o’clock (perhaps punch broken), very rare £1,500-2,000

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: S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 277 (part); bt R.A. Byrne May 1966