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

ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA (British Guiana), Authority of December 1808, Three Guilders (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1806th, Mexico City, pierced with a hole with 19 crenations, obv. countermarked e.&d 3.gl raised within a beaded oval indent, 21.92g/338.2gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 151]; KM. 2; Scholten 1441). Coin good fine, countermark very fine, very rare £4,000-5,000

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: S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 277 (part); bt R.A. Byrne May 1966.

The reverse illustration in the Whetmore catalogue is not of this coin