The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type III, Quarter-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1722j, Seville, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a partial patterned border, 4.50g/69.4gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 13 [not in Sale]; cf. KM. Martinique 18). Coin fine, rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 907; E. Roehrs Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 87, 28 September 2010, lot 194