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

Curaçao, Dutch Administration, Authority of July 1818, Five Reaals (valued at Thirty Stuivers), Charles III, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with 5 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 8.37g/129.2 gr (Scholten 1386; Prid. p.252, fig. 26; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare; five specimens known £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: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 172