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Sold between 17 November & 28 September 2010

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

Edward Roehrs

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№ 434 x

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17 November 2011

Hammer Price:
£390

Double Island Issues, Martinique-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, one edge with a later straight cut edge indicating the segment was clipped, obv. countermarked tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], 4.87g/75.2gr (Prid. 35 [Sale, lot 227]). Coin worn almost smooth, countermark fine, rare
£200-250

Provenance: Simmons Gallery Mailbid Sale, 10 June 1999 (565)