The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Guadeloupe, British Administration: Proclamation of February 1813, Forty Sous, contemporary counterfeit, a Charles IIII, Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1808ai, Madrid, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within a rectangular indent, 5.51g/85.0gr (cf. Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lots 402-3]). Coin obverse nearly fine, reverse fair, countermark fine or better, rare £200-300

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

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Provenance: W.H. Pheatt Collection; bt Baldwin 1989.

Pridmore lot 402 is from the same punch, but on a Spanish-American 2 réales