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28 September 2010
Curaçao, ——— Three Reaals, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 raised within a serrated circular indent, 5.28g/81.6 gr (cf. Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 28 [Sale, lot 425]; KM. 29). Coin and countermark about fine or better £70-90
Hammer Price: £160
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, Authority of June 1838, Quarter-Guilders (4), cut quarter segments of NETHERLANDS, Willem I, Guilder [one segment dated 1820], with crenated edges, revs. countermarked c raised within an oval indent, 2.37g/36.5 gr, 2.55g/39.3 gr, 2.66g/41.0 gr, 2.59g/39.9 gr (Scholten 1388; Prid. p.253, fig 29 [Sale, lot 426]; KM. 27). Four segments selected to reconstruct a whole coin; coins and countermarks about fine or better, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £520
USA, Colonial New York, MEXICO, Philip IV, cob 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer p [1634-65], with a pronounced plug, 21.00g/324.0 gr (Sedwick M18a; KM. 45). Surface corrosion due to salt water immersion and a large flan split, otherwise fair, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £400
USA, Colonial New York, viceroyalty of peru, Philip IV, cob 8 Réales, Potosí, assayer e [1652-65], with a large plug, 25.79g/398.0 gr (Sedwick P37a; KM. 21). Significant flan split and an attempted piercing, perhaps for another plug, otherwise about fine, extremely rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £500
USA, Colonial New York, viceroyalty of peru, temp. Philip IV, cob 4 Réales, Potosí, with a small but pronounced plug, 11.86g/183.0 gr (cf. KM. 17ff). Coin fair but no trace of any legend, extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £620
USA, Colonial New York, Half-Dollar, U.S.A., 50 Cents, 1806, pointed 6, stem not through claw, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 12.97g/200.1 gr. Coin fair and pierced near top edge, countermark very fine, very rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £230
USA, Colonial New York, Quarter-Dollar, spanish captaincy-general of GUATEMALA, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1787m, Nueva Guatemala, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 6.52g/100.6 gr. Coin fair but with some bends on the edge and graffiti, countermark fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £80
USA, Colonial New York, Eighth-Dollar, a Spanish-American Réal, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 2.29g/35.3 gr. Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £55
USA, Colonial New York, Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, Half-Réal, 177[–]fm, Mexico City, assayers initials inverted, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 1.42g/21.9 gr. Coin poor and pierced near bottom edge, countermark fine, rare £100-150
USA, Colonial New York, One Cent, U.S.A., Cent [1796-1807], draped bust type, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 9.81g/151.4 gr. Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
USA, Colonial New York, One Cent, U.S.A., Cent, 1810, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, rev. countermarked f.s. bryant raised within a rectangular indent, 10.29g/158.9 gr. Coin fair, with two random punchmarks on the obverse, one in the rf countermark, countermarks fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £120
USA, Colonial New York, One Cent, U.S.A., Cent, 1817, obv. countermarked rf raised within a rectangular indent, 10.01g/154.4 gr. Coin fair, countermark fine £70-90
USA, New Orleans, Quarter-Dollar (presumably valued at 25 Cents, c. 1812-14), a lightweight cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with federal eagle within a circular border, nouvelle orleans raised within a circular indent around, rev. countermarked pb (Planters Bank) surrounded by a raised chain border within a circular indent, 4.84g/74.6 gr (cf. Garrett 2031). Coin very worn, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £4,300
USA, New Orleans, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales (perhaps a Mexican Revolutionary issue), obv. countermarked with federal eagle within a circular border, nouvelle orleans raised within a circular indent around, rev. countermarked pb (Planters Bank) surrounded by a raised chain border within a circular indent, later countermarked with script bad raised within an oval indent over the pb stamp, presumably to indicate that the actual cut quarter segment was...
Hammer Price: £2,700
Prince Edward Island, Authority of September 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804th, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with an incuse 10-point sunburst, 22.08g/340.7 gr (Graham p.24; KM. 2.1). Very fine and extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Prince Edward Island, ——— Holey Dollar, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804th, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with a crude incuse 10 or 11-point sunburst, b stamped twice into the field along with a further unidentified stamp, 21.99g/339.3 gr (Graham p.24; Pridmore, SNC November 1960, fig. 2, this coin; cf. KM 2.1). A contemporary forgery, about fine but harshly cleaned, rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £550
Prince Edward Island, ——— Holey Dollar, SPAIN, Joseph Napoleon, 20 Réales, 1810ai, Madrid, centrally pierced, 21.16g/326.5 gr (Graham p.24; Faulkner fig. 10, this coin). An unofficial issue, fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £580
Australia, NEW SOUTH WALES, Authority of June 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), viceroyalty of peru, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, Lima, centrally pierced and stamped as a border around the piercing, obv. new south wales 1813, rev. five shillings, obv. later countermarked t · knight incuse, 19.53g/301.4 gr (Mira dies II/7.30 and B/1.30, no. 15; KM. 2.13). Coin and stampings worn, T. Knight better, rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Australia, ——— ‘Dump’ (valued at Fifteen Pence), a circular centre segment from the Five Shilling Holey Dollar, obv. stamped new south wales 1813 raised around a central crown, rev. stamped fifteen pence raised in two lines, edge roughly grained, 5.47g/84.4 gr (Mira dies A/1; KM. 1.1). Fair, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,450
Australia, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, converted into a matrix for a waistcoat button, with an offset circular piercing from which replica ‘Dumps’ were produced, 19.21g/296.4 gr (Spalding p.250, fig. 103). Good fine, seemingly very rare; two or three other specimens recorded £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Thirteen Pence), Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 5.82g/89.8 gr (Vice FT 2; KM. 10). Coin fair, countermark very fine, very rare £1,000-1,500
Sierra Leone, Authorisation not traced, Half-Dollar (presumably valued at Twenty-Six Pence), SPAIN, Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1803cn, Seville, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 13.24g/204.3 gr (Vice FT 1, this coin; KM. 13). Coin and countermark very fine though the r of the countermark not fully stamped, extremely rare; only two other specimens recorded £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,650
The Gambia, Quarter-Dollar (value Thirteen Pence ?, c. 1830s ?), FRANCE, Louis Philippe I, a cut quarter segment of a 5 Francs [1832+], 6.39g/98.6 gr (Pridmore, SNC February 1954, this coin [Sale, lot 697, this coin]). Fine or better, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
The Gambia, Quarter-Dollar (value Thirteen Pence ?, c. 1830s ?), Ferdinand VII, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked with incuse vr, 6.94g/107.1 gr (Vice, p.162; cf. Pridmore, SNC November 1961 [Sale, lot 698]). Coin fine, countermark very fine, very rare; reportedly only four specimens recorded, two of which are in the Ashmolean Museum £400-600
Hammer Price: £210
Unattributed, Quarter-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1776fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked f12m with floral decoration and rope border raised within an oval indent, 6.65g/102.6 gr (Prid. Not Attributed 20, this coin [Sale, lot 439, this coin]; Duffield 583). Coin good fine and toned, countermark very fine, very rare £200-300
Unattributed, Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, Half-Réal, 177([–]fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked f3m with floral decoration and rope border raised within an oval indent, 1.67g/25.7 gr (Prid. p.282 [not seen]; Duffield 58x). Coin and countermark extremely fine and lightly toned, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £320
Unattributed, SPAIN, Philip V, Two Réales (Pistareen), 1724f, Segovia, obv. countermarked with incuse i within an incuse octagonal frame, 5.90g/91.0 gr (Prid. Not Attributed 32, this coin). Very fine and very rare; only one other specimen, a local find on Barbados, recorded £100-150
Unattributed, A lightweight cut eighth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with script lb raised within a shaped indent, 2.63g/40.6 gr (cf. Brunk p.215). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermark very fine £100-150
Unattributed, A cut eighth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with script bf (the second letter has been interpertated as a g or an i), raised within a shaped indent, 3.12g/48.1 gr (Prid. Not Attributed 47, this coin; Mailliet, Supplement II, pl. 9, no. 40, this coin). Coin worn, countermark very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Unattributed, Black Dogg (?), a worn Cayenne 2 Sous-sized coin, one side countermarked with sp monogram raised within a shaped indent, 1.96g/30.2 gr (Fonrobert 7857, this coin; Guttag 4877, this coin; Howland Wood p.126). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £360
Unattributed, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a plain flan with die-struck crown c, one side countermarked with a crude incuse border around the crown (Prid. Not Attributed 45, this coin). Countermark fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £35
Unattributed, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6400 Réis, 1769, Rio, a very lightweight forgery not comparable to any particular island standard, 9.02g/139.2 gr/5.80 dwt. Graffiti in obverse field and clipped around the edge, otherwise better than fine, rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,050
Unattributed, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1780, Rio, a lightweight forgery not comparable to any particular island standard, 10.58g/163.3 gr/6.80 dwt (cf. Gordon p.41). Good fine but some surface marks £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,350
Unattributed, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1782, Bahia, a crudely made lightweight forgery, 13.61g/210.0 gr/8.75 dwt. Sweated, no edge milling, fair £500-600
Unattributed, ENGLAND, George III, counterfeit Guinea, 178[–], plated base metal, 4.09g/63.1 gr. Many test marks and scratches, flan slightly bent and perhaps with trace of a pseudo countermark on obverse, otherwise about fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £200
Unattributed, FRANCE, First Republic, 10 Centimes, AN 8aa [1799], Metz, cut into a heart-shape, 14.75g/227.6 gr (VG Martinique 27). Fair £30-50
Hammer Price: £110
Unattributed, FRANCE, First Republic, 5 Centimes, AN 8aa [1799], Metz, obv. countermarked with a crowned heart raised within a rectangular indent with rounded corners, 9.12g/140.7 gr (VG Martinique 24). Coin and countermark fine £30-50
Unattributed, Portugal, Joseph I, 4 Escudos, 1763, Lisbon, with an anonymous central plug, 13.18g/203.4 gr/8.47 dwt (Gordon 212, this coin). Coin fine or better but with rough surface and re-edged, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Unattributed, Portugal, Maria I and Peter III, a striking from counterfeit 4 Escudos dies, 177[–], on a blank intended for an 18th century English copper Halfpenny token by W. Lutwyche, edge payable in lancaster london or bristol, 9.66g/149.0gr. About very fine, rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £850
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