The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Two Escalins, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with an incuse annulet, 4.20g/64.8gr (Prid. 26, this coin, described as modern [Sale, lot 317, this coin]). Coin fair with corroded surfaces, countermark nearly fine, extremely rare £300-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 317.

See the St Lucia introduction for the basis in the attribution of this lightweight cut quarter-dollar segment as being the c. 1800-01 2 escalin coin. Sadly nothing has yet been properly published discussing this denomination and the standard reference follows the misattribution published by Zay in 1892. Both cataloguer and consignor are in agreement that logic along with physical evidence (limited as currently only three specimens are recorded) point to this being the proper 2 escalin coin of the series