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

Gibraltar, Type II, c. 1764, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to Ten Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1756mm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 24.69g/381.0gr (Prid. Dominica 6; KM. Martinique 10). Pierced near top edge, otherwise about very fine, very rare £600-800

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: Mrs Shillingford [from her grandfather, c. 1900]; donated to I. Newton, 1976, raising $85 to help fund painting of the Anglican Church in Rousau, Dominica; bt K.V. Eckardt, St Kitts, August 1984