The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

St Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Six Livres Fifteen Sous, a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a cut centre segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 1804, obv. countermarked s: lucie raised within a shaped indent, 15.78g/243.5gr (cf. Prid. 9 [Sale, cf. lot 314]; VG 7; KM. 10.1). Coin and countermark fine, rare £300-400

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

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Provenance: Bt 2003.

Although not a lightweight segment, the imprecise cutting pattern and the crude style of the countermark points to this specimen being a contemporary counterfeit