Coins of the West Indies from the Collection of the late Edward Roehrs (Part II)

Martinique, St. Vincent-Martinique, Authority on St. Vincent August 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, PORTUGAL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1782, Lisbon, obv. countermarked with s raised within a square indent three times spaced around the edge; the coin moved to Martinique, valued at Twenty-Two Livres per gros and countermarked with 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised September 1805), 11.54g/178.1gr/7.42 dwt (cf. Gordon 110). Coin and countermarks very fine, medium clip around most of the edge, extremely rare £3,000-3,500

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. Meili Collection; J.C. Rovensky Collection, B. Max Mehl Mailbid Sale, 30 November 1954 (2136); J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 259; E. Ortiz Collection, Spink Auction 87, 9 October 1991, lot 1667