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

Unattributed, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1782, Bahia, a crudely made lightweight forgery, 13.61g/210.0 gr/8.75 dwt. Sweated, no edge milling, fair £500-600

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: ‘Strasbourg’ Collection, NASCA Auction (New York), 29 November 1985, lot 207.

Perhaps to be associated with the post-Revolutionary 9 dwt standard