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25 September 2018
St Lucia, Order of August 1812, Three Escalins (locally termed ‘Mocos’), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked sl monogram raised within a plain rectangular indent three times, 5.88g/90.7gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, cf. lot 311]; VG 7; KM. 2). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,000
St Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Six Livres Fifteen Sous, Charles IIII, a cut centre segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 1802, obv. countermarked s: lucie raised within a shaped indent, 15.35g/236.9gr (Prid. 9 [Sale, lot 314]; VG 17; KM. 10.1). Coin and countermark nearly very fine, rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £3,400
St Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Six Livres Fifteen Sous, a contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a cut centre segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 1804, obv. countermarked s: lucie raised within a shaped indent, 15.78g/243.5gr (cf. Prid. 9 [Sale, cf. lot 314]; VG 7; KM. 10.1). Coin and countermark fine, rare £300-400
St Lucia, Authority of January 1813, Two Livres Five Sous, Charles IIII, a side cut segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked s: lucie raised within a shaped indent, 5.39g/83.2gr (Prid. 10 [Sale, lot 315]; VG 14; KM. 9). Coin obverse fair, reverse fine, countermark very fine, scarce £240-300
Hammer Price: £300
Barbados, Authority of June 1791, 8 dwt 8 grain Standard (in effect for six weeks), Two Pounds Ten Shillings, a Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1761, Rio, 13.01g/200.8gr/8dwt 8.8gr (cf. Chalmers pp.53-4). About fine, lightly clipped around the circumference and re-edged, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £950
Barbados, Two Bitts (?), a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen) 1718j, Segovia, obv. countermarked incuse i within an incuse octagonal frame, 5.55g/85.6gr (Prid. Not Attributed 32). Very fine and extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded £300-400
Hammer Price: £400
Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Dollar, Four Bitts (valued at Three Shillings), Charles III, a cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 14.73g/227.3gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 158]). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Barbados (General West Indies), Quarter-Dollar, Two Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Sixpence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, [17]72, Mexico City, 7.03g/108.5gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 159]). About fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Barbados (General West Indies), Eighth-Dollar, One Bitt (valued at Ninepence), a cut eighth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, Mexico City, 3.12g/48.1gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 160]). Obverse fair, reverse fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £190
Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt (valued at Ninepence), Philip V, a cut half-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), [17]24, Madrid, 2.72g/42.0gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 161]). Fine £30-50
Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, Philip V, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), Seville, 2.02g/31.2gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 161]). Very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £85
Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, Ferdinand VII, a cut half-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 18[13-14]gj, Madrid, 2.91g/44.9gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 161]). About fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £120
Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, Philip V, a very light weight cut segment from a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1.04g/16.1gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, cf. lot 162]). Very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £45
Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Bitt (valued at Fourpence-Halfpenny), Philip V, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), Seville, 1.22g/18.8gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 163]). Fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £50
Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Bitt (valued at Fourpence-Halfpenny), Louis XVI, a cut half-segment of an Isle du Vent 12 Sols [17]31, 1.19g/18.4gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, cf. lot 164]). Fair to fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £180
Barbados (General West Indies), Half-Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish Réal, 1719, 0.71g/10.9gr (cf. Prid. 7 [Sale, cf. lot 164]); Quarter-Bitt ? (valued at Twopence-Farthing), probably originally a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen) Segovia, that was later cut in half again, 0.68g/10.5gr (Prid. –) [2]. Fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £95
Barbados (General West Indies), Sixty-Six Shillings, Joseph I, a copper counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1762, Rio, most likely made in Birmingham and ready to be gold-plated and imported possibly to the Leeward Is. (where the lowest weight standard, 7dwt, was established), 8.28g/127.8gr. Very fine and much as made £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,600
Barbados (General West Indies), Sixty-Six Shillings, Maria I, a copper counterfeit 6,400 Réis (date not legible), most likely made in Birmingham and ready to be gold-plated and imported to the Leeward Is. which used the lowest weight standard, 7 dwt, for 66 shillings, 9.82g/151.5gr. Very fine £200-300
Barbados (General West Indies), A John V, 6,400 Réis, 1747, Rio, 14.12g/217.9gr (cf. Gomes 131.34; KM. 149; F 46). Very lightly clipped, otherwise about very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £700
Barbados (General West Indies), A lightweight forgery of a Mary I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1779, Rio, 10.24g/158.0gr (cf. Gomes 25.03; KM. 199.2; F 76). Fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £900
St Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Half Dollar (valued at Four Shillings and Threehalfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), Charles III, a cut half-segment of an 8 Réales, 1789ij, Lima, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent, 12.12g/187.0gr (Prid. 1, this coin [Sale, lot 345, this coin]; KM. 4.1). Coin fine but surface somewhat corroded, countermarks better, extremely rare as a near full-weight specimen £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £2,000
St Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Half-Dollar, Charles III, a typically lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent, 9.68g/149.4gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 345]; KM. 4.1). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,200
St Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Half-Dollar, Charles III, a lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales with a central plug to increase the weight, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent (once on the plug), 9.31g/143.7gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 346]; KM. 4.2). Coin and countermarks fair, very rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £4,200
St Vincent, Authority of December 1797, Quarter-Dollar (valued at Two Shillings Three-Farthings, or Two-and-Three-Quarter Bitts), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, Mexico City, obv. countermarked three times with sv monogram raised within a shaped indent, 6.14g/94.6gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 348]; KM. 3). Coin fair, countermarks nearly fine, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,900
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Twelve Bitts (valued at Nine Shillings), Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1795fm, Mexico City, with a large central hole, obv. countermarked &/xii raised within a shaped indent, 17.54g/270.7gr (Prid. 30, erroneously listed as a modern copy). Coin and countermark good fine, of the highest rarity (only one other specimen recorded, Roehrs lot 279) £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £4,800
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Six Bitts (valued at Four Shillings and Sixpence), Charles III, a circular central segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked s/vi raised within a shaped indent, 9.66g/149.1gr (Prid. 12 [Sale, lot 351]; KM. 10). Coin and countermark nearly fine, extremely rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £2,800
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Four-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at Three Shillings Fourpence-Halfpenny), Charles III, 2 Réales, 1773fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked s/iv 1/2/b raised within a shaped indent, 5.75g/88.7gr (Prid. 13 [Sale, lot 352]; KM. 9.1). Coin and countermark fair, very rare £300-500
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a crowned c type plain copper flan, rev. countermarked with incuse retrograde s within a shaped frame, 1.44g/22.2gr (Prid. 14 [Sale, lot 353]; KM. 8). Coin and countermark fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
St Vincent, Authority of September 1811, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with incuse retrograde s within a shaped frame, 1.88g/29.0gr (Prid. 15, this coin [Sale, lot 355, this coin]; KM. 7). Coin fair with surface corrosion, countermark fine or better, extremely rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £600
Grenada, Issues of c. 1786, One Bitt (valued at Ninepence, after 21 March 1787 reduced to Sixpence), a lightweight cut ‘eleventh’ of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked with incuse g, 1.55g/23.9gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 357]; KM. 1). Coin worn smooth, countermark very fine and likely to be an official punch, rare £200-300
Grenada, Issues of c. 1786, One Bitt, a lightweight cut ‘eleventh’ of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked with incuse g, 1.79g/27.6gr (cf. Prid. 1 [Sale, cf. lot 357]; Caldecott, BNJ 1904, pl. iii, 27, this coin; Howland Wood 60, this coin; KM. 1). Coin almost smooth, with some reverse design visible, countermark fine or better, the style of the countermark points to this being a contemporary counterfeit, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £500
Grenada, Proclamation of 31 July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, a Maria I, 6,400 Réis, obv. countermarked with script jr raised within an oval indent on a central plug and incuse g applied three times around the circumference, 11.67g/180.1gr (Gordon 7c, this coin; Prid. 6; KM. 3). Coin fine, edge heavily clipped, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, Four Bitts (valued at Three Shillings), Charles IIII, a cut third-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Reales, obv. countermarked with tr raised within a shaped indent, incuse g and 4 raised within a shaped indent, 8.99g/138.7gr (Prid. 9 [Sale, lot 360]; KM. 7). Coin and countermarks very fine, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £4,400
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, Two Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Sixpence), Charles IIII, a cut sixth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked tr raised within a shaped indent, incuse g and 2 raised within a square indent, 4.39g/67.7gr (Prid. 11 [Sale, lot 362, this coin]; KM. 5). Coin fine, countermarks better, of the highest rarity; five specimens recorded, of which two are in private collections £1,500-2,000
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, One Bitt (valued at Ninepence), Ferdinand VI, a cut third-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, rev. countermarked tr raised within a shaped indent, incuse g and 1 raised within a square indent, 2.10g/32.4gr (Prid. 13 [Sale, lot 364]; KM. 11). Coin and countermarks nearly fine, very rare £240-300
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, Four Bitts (valued at Three Shillings), Charles IIII, a cut third-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with gs raised within a rectangular indent, incuse g and 4 raised within a shaped indent, 8.73g/134.7gr (Prid. 10 [Sale, lot 361]; KM. 8). Coin and countermarks nearly very fine, very rare. £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £4,600
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, Two Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Sixpence), a cut sixth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with gs raised within a rectangular indent, incuse g and 2 raised within a shaped indent, 4.30g/66.4gr (Prid. 12 [Sale, lot 363]; KM. 6). Coin and countermarks fine or better, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen recorded [Pridmore lot 363] £1,500-2,000
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, One Bitt (valued at Ninepence), a cut third-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), obv. countermarked with gs raised within a rectangular indent, incuse g and and 1 raised within a shaped indent, 1.95g/30.1gr (Prid. 14 [Sale, lot 365]; KM. 12). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,300
Grenada, Authority of October 1814, One Bitt (value Ninepence), Charles III, a cut third-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, obv. countermarked with gs raised within a rectangular indent, incuse g and 1 raised within a shaped indent, 1.89g/29.2gr (Prid. 14 [Sale, lot 365]; KM. 12). Coin and countermarks about fine, small piercing near the edge, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £380
Windward Islands, Sixteen Shillings and Sixpence, a John V, Escudo of 1,600 Réis, 1741, Lisbon, clipped down to the Windward Is. standard (6,400 Réis at 7 1/2 dwt = 66 Shillings), 2.96g/45.7gr (cf. KM. 219.9). Coin about fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £340
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