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

Unattributed, BRAZIL, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1766, Rio, clipped down to the United States post-Revolutionary 9 dwt standard, 13.91g/214.7gr/8.94 dwt. Sea-salvage; good very fine but edge slightly clipped £700-900

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: Recovered from an unknown wreck in the Caribbean; The Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 78, 10 October 1990, lot 747 (part); bt K.V. Eckardt 1992