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

Gibraltar, ——— Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Philip V, Half-Réal, 1739mf, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a very small heart-shaped hole, 1.31g/20.2gr (cf. Prid. Dominica 10 [cf. Sale, lot 283]; cf. KM. Martinique 6). About fine, very rare £30-50

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: R.C. Gordon Collection; Henry Christensen Auction 79 (New York), 11 December 1981, lot 244; R.H. and Mrs E.M. Norweb Collection, Christie’s Auction (Dallas), 17-18 May 1985, lot 752 [from Baldwin]