The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Virgin Islands – Tortola, Authority of February 1801, Eighth-Dollar, a cut eighth-segment of a Charles III, Spanish-American 8 Réales, [17]75, rev. countermarked tortola raised within a shaped indent, 2.92g/45.1gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 179]; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, type 1/b, late die state). Coin and countermark fair, rare £240-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: Hopkins Hoard, SNC September 1974 (66); bt Spink 1975