The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Thirteen Pence), Ferdinand VII, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 5.99g/92.4gr (Vice FT 3; KM. 10). Coin fine, countermark better, very rare £800-1,000

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

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Most unusual in that the host coin is Spanish rather than Spanish-American, and that an official punch is on such a lightweight segment