The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Three Escalins, a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked three times with sl monogram raised within a rectangular indent with plain edges, 5.49g/84.7gr (cf. Prid. 16 [Sale, cf. lot 312]; VG 7; KM.2). Coin fine, countermarks better, 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: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 97; E. Roehrs Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 96, 17 November 2011, lot 536