The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type I, Eighth-Dollar (presumed based on a Ten Bitt Dollar, valued at Elevenpence-Farthing), a Philip V, Spanish Réal, 1726, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.45g/37.8gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 4 [Sale, cf. lot 280]; cf. KM. Martinique 4). Coin nearly fine, very 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: Bt J. Zarit 1979.

Probably an official piercing but on a Spanish réal rather than a Spanish-American host