The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Sierra Leone, Authority of March 1832, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Thirteen Pence), Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked crowned wr incuse, 7.25g/111.9gr (Vice FT 3, this coin; cf. Pridmore, SNC February 1954; KM. 10). Coin fine with numerous cut marks on the reverse, countermark very fine but wr weak at the bottom, 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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Provenance: Bt Format 1991