The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs

Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type II], 6.13g/94.6 gr (Prid. 21 [Sale, lot 210, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks fine, extremely rare £800-1,000

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: Hopkins Hoard, SNC September 1974 (49); F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 210 [from Spink June 1974]; bt I. Rudman 1982