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Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Eleven Bitts (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), a Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1790fm, Mexico City, transitional type, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole with 15 crenations, 23.29g/359.4gr (Prid. 21 [Sale, lot 288]; KM. 3.3). Fine or better, rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,900
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Moco, or One-and-a-Half-Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Threehalfpence), a circular segment, most likely from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script d radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 3.03g/46.6gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 290]; KM. 1). Very fine and an official issue £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Moco or One-and-a Half Bitts, contemporary counterfeit, a lightweight circular segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales (or 4 Réales) with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script d radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 2.26g/34.9gr (Prid. 22A [Sale, lots 291-3]; cf. KM. 1). Fine or better £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Three Bitts (valued at Two Shillings and Threepence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 6.33g/97.7gr (Prid. 23 [Sale, lot 294]; KM. –). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Sixteen Bitts (valued at Twelve Shillings), a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1794fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole with 15 crenations, countermarked both sides with a crowned 16 raised within a shaped indent [the 1798 Eleven Bitt Dollar re-valued in 1813], 23.17g/357.6gr (Prid. 24 [Sale, lot 295]; KM. 8.3). Coin fine, countermarks better, extremely rare £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Twelve Bitt Dollar (valued at Nine Shillings), a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1792fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced with an over-large circular hole, rev. countermarked with a crowned 12 raised within a shaped indent four times, 14.81g/228.5gr [approximate official weight 18g] (Prid. 26, this coin [Sale, lot 296, this coin]; SNC December 1905, col. 8762, this coin; KM. 7). Nearly fine, a contemporary counterfeit, of the highest rarity; only one other...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Six Bitts (valued at Four Shillings and Sixpence), Charles IIII, a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with a crowned 6 raised within a shaped indent, 8.70g/134.3gr (Prid. 27 [Sale, lot 297]; KM. 6). Coin poor, countermark good fine, detail in crown would indicate an official punch £200-260
Hammer Price: £260
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Six Bitts, Charles IIII, a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with a crowned 6 raised within a shaped indent, traces of rough graining on the edge, 9.93g/153.2gr (Prid. 27 [Sale, lot 297]; KM. 6). Coin poor, countermark nearly very fine £200-260
Hammer Price: £340
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Four Bitts (valued at Three Shillings), a circular centre segment from a Twelve Bitt Dollar, previously pierced for an Eleven Bitt Dollar in 1798 (cf. Prid. 21 and 25), obv. countermarked with crowned upright 4 raised within a shaped indent, 4.80g/74.1gr (Prid. 28 [Sale, lot 298]; KM. 5). Coin worn smooth, countermark fine, rare £400-600
Hammer Price: £800
Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Three Bitts (valued at Three Shillings and Threepence), a cut half-segment from a central circular segment removed from the Twelve Bitt Dollar, obv. countermarked with a crowned 3 raised within a shaped indent, straight cut edge roughly crenated, 4.36g/67.3gr (Prid. 29 [Sale, lot 299]; KM. 4). Coin fair, countermark very fine, extremely rare £400-600
Hammer Price: £550
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Three Bitts (presumed, authority not traced), a Charles III, 2 Réales, 1774fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced with a hexagonal hole, 4.60g/71.3gr (cf. Prid. Not Attributed 35 [not in Sale]). Fair, extremely rare £200-260
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Two Bitts (authority not traced), a Philip V, 2 Réales (Cross Pistareen), 1737, uncertain mint, centrally pierced with a large hole, 3.51g/54.2gr (Prid. 30 [Sale, lot 300]; KM. 9). Very fine and very rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £320
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Three Bitts, contemporary counterfeit, a Charles III, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1711, pierced with a very crudely cut central hole, 3.32g/51.2gr (cf. Prid. Not Attributed 31, 35). Fair, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £85
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Three Bitts, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1730, crudely pierced with a square hole (seemingly in imitation of a hexagonal hole), 4.29g/66.2gr (cf. Prid. 34 [not in Sale]). Fine or better, very rare and interesting £150-200
Hammer Price: £140
Dominica, Issues c. 1816-1818, Two Bitts, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1721, with a crudely cut central hole (started from the outside edge with shears and completed with a chisel), 2.69g/41.5gr (cf. Prid. 31 [Sale, cf. lot 301]; cf. KM. 9). Fair, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £60
Dominica, Authority or evidence not traced, Two Shillings and Sixpence (authority not traced; presumed c. 1816-18), Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked 2/6 raised within a shaped indent, 6.80g/104.9gr (Prid. 32 [Sale, Lot 302]; KM. 10). Coin fine, countermark very fine, very rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Dominica, Authority or evidence not traced, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), an Isle de Bourbon 3 Sous, 17[–]1a, pierced with a small diamond-shaped hole, 1.43g/22.1gr (Prid. 33 [Sale, lot 303]; KM. –). Nearly fine, very rare £60-80
Martinique, Authority of September 1797, Three Escalins or ‘Moco’ (valued at 45 Sols), Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment with crenated edges of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, [17]91, Mexico City, 6.06g/93.5gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 414]; VG 21; KM. 26). Very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £380
Martinique, Authority of September 1797, Three Escalins or ‘Moco’, probably a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IV, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, transitional type, with crenated edge, 4.77g/73.6gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 415]; cf. VG 21; cf. KM. 26). Fine or better £200-300
Martinique, Authority of September 1797, One Escalin, Charles III, a cut third-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, Mexico City, assayer ff, the cut edges crenated, 2.08g/32.1gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 416]; VG 19; KM. 25). Fair to fine, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,000
Martinique, Authority of September 1805, Twenty-Two Livres per gros, a Joseph I, Four Escudos, 1768, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 over eagle raised within a shaped indent, 12.60g/194.4gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin and countermark fine, clipped around the edge with possible trace of mounting, granular surface, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
Martinique, Authority of September 1805, Twenty Livres per gros, a Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1756, Bahia, obv. countermarked 20 over eagle raised within a shaped indent, 9.04g/139.5gr (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin fine but moderate to heavy clipping around the edge, countermark very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Martinique, Authority not traced, presumed c. 1813-1816, Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked three times crown/g eagle c/cinquefoil, 6.23g/96.1gr (Lyall, SNC April 1995, p.91, this coin; Prid. –). Coin very fine, countermarks extremely fine, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Martinique, Authority not traced, Twenty Livres per gros, a Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1769, Rio, seemingly a uniface electrotype, the original coin countermarked 22/eagle, raised within a shaped indent, perhaps as a pattern for counterfeits to be imported into the island, 12.86g/198.4gr. Coin better than fine but eagle of the countermark very weak, rare and interesting £150-200
Grenada-Martinique, Authority on Grenada July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, a Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1771, Rio, centrally plugged to bring the coin up to the minimum weight standard of 7dwt 12grains (the stamp of the goldsmith on the plug omitted), obv. countermarked with incuse g three times spaced around the circumference, then countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, valued at 20 Livres per gros), 11.61g/179.2gr (cf....
Hammer Price: £13,000
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Six Escalins, Charles III, a cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, Mexico City, rev. countermarked with sl monogram twice, raised within a rectangular indent with lightly serrated edges, 10.50g/162.0gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 310]; VG 10; KM. 4). Coin obverse fair, reverse fine, countermarks about fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Four Escalins, Charles III, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales (actually a third by weight), obv. countermarked with a large incuse annulet, 8.81g/136.0g (cf. Prid. St Vincent 3 [Sale, cf. lot 347]; cf. KM. 3-4). Coin nearly very fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Four Escalins, Charles IV, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, transitional type, obv. countermarked with an incuse annulet twice, 8.06g/124.4gr (Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76; Prid. 24 [described as modern]; Mazard 104, pl. V; cf. VG 4). Coin fine, countermarks better, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £420
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Six Escalins, contemporary counterfeit (previously Four Escalins), Charles III, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. and rev. countermarked with a large incuse annulet (for a valuation of 4 Escalins), obv. later countermarked with sl monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with serrated edges (to raise the value to Six Escalins), the central sl countermark placed to obliterate the incuse annulet, 10.17g/156.9gr...
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Six Escalins, contemporary counterfeit, a very lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. most likely countermarked with an incuse annulet (for Four Escalins), later countermarked with sl monogram twice raised within a rectangular indent and the original countermark obliterated with punch marks, 7.51g/115.9gr (Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76; Prid. 15, this coin). Coin fair, countermarks fine, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £400
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Three Escalins, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked sl monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with lightly serrated edges, 6.89g/106.3gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 311, this coin]; VG 8; KM. 2). Coin nearly fine, countermarks better, very rare £500-600
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Three Escalins, a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked three times with sl monogram raised within a rectangular indent with plain edges, 5.49g/84.7gr (cf. Prid. 16 [Sale, cf. lot 312]; VG 7; KM.2). Coin fine, countermarks better, rare £240-300
St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Two Escalins, a lightweight cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with an incuse annulet, 4.20g/64.8gr (Prid. 26, this coin, described as modern [Sale, lot 317, this coin]). Coin fair with corroded surfaces, countermark nearly fine, extremely rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £650
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. pre-October 1811, One-and-a-Half Escalins (22 Sols 6 Deniers) raised to 2 Escalins (30 Sols) by the Decree of 8 October 1811, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 4 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with two incuse annulets, 3.33g/51.4gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 319, this coin, noted on Pridmore’s ticket as modern]; VG 2; KM. 7). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare £300-400
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. pre-October 1811, Three Stampees (11 Sols 6 Deniers), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish Pistareen with crenated edges, 1.44g/22.2gr (Prid. 8 [not in Sale]). Fair, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £80
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. post-October 1811, One Escalin (15 Sols), Charles III, a cut third-segment of a Spanish Pistareen (2 Réales) with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with an incuse annulet, 1.84g/28.4gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 313]; VG 1; KM. 6). Coin fair, countermark fine, very rare £400-500
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. post-October 1811, One Escalin (15 Sols), Charles III, a cut third-segment of a Spanish Pistareen (2 Réales) with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with incuse annulet, 1.56g/24.1gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 313]; VG 1; KM. 6). Coin and countermark nearly fine, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. post-October 1811, One Escalin, contemporary counterfeit, Charles III, a cut third-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, pillar type, the cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked with a small counterfeit annulet, 1.95g/30.1gr (cf. Prid. 7 and 23). Coin and countermark fair, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £100
St Lucia, Authority not traced, c. post-October 1811, One Escalin (15 Sols) a contemporary counterfeit, Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales with crenated edge (value 3 Stampees or 11 Sols 6 Deniers), obv. later countermarked with incuse annulet to increase the value to One Escalin, 1.60g/24.7gr (Prid. 23 [not in Sale]). Coin fair, countermark fine, very rare £200-260
St Lucia, Order of August 1812, Three Escalins (locally termed ‘Mocos’), Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked sl monogram in a plain rectangular indent three times, 5.85g/90.1gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, cf. lot 311]; VG 8; KM. 2). Coin fair, countermarks fine, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,400
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