The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type I, Quarter-Dollar (presumed based on a Ten Bitt Dollar, valued at Two Shillings and Tenpence-Halfpenny), a Philip V, 2 Réales, 174[–], Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.04g/77.8gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 3 [Sale, cf. lot 279]; cf. KM. Martinique 3). Coin fair, extremely rare £500-600

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

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Provenance: P.W. Karon Collection, Spink Auction 78, 10 October 1990, lot 790