The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Barbados, Two Bitts (?), a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen) 1718j, Segovia, obv. countermarked incuse i within an incuse octagonal frame, 5.55g/85.6gr (Prid. Not Attributed 32). Very fine and extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded
£300-400

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

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Provenance: W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 157 [from K.V. Eckardt 1989].

Both recorded specimens were found in Barbados. It could be a private merchant or estate issue from the island