The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Windward Islands, Sixty-Six Shillings, a Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Reis, 1783, Lisbon, heavily clipped down to 7 dwt 18 grains, 12.09g/186.6gr (cf. Gordon p.39). Very fine £500-700

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

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Provenance: Bt 2015.

The Windward Is. standard for joes valued at 66 shillings was 7 dwt 12 grains, but as this is a genuine 6,400 réis that has been heavily clipped it may have been that to shave it down any more might be just a little too much for it to have passed in circulation