The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Barbados (General West Indies), Sixty-Six Shillings, Maria I, a copper counterfeit 6,400 Réis (date not legible), most likely made in Birmingham and ready to be gold-plated and imported to the Leeward Is. which used the lowest weight standard, 7 dwt, for 66 shillings, 9.82g/151.5gr. Very fine £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: Bt. P. Withers 1989.

A cleverly-prepared die to produce a joe that had been clipped to a typical size for the Leeward Is., with only the bottom portion of the letters in the legend showing