THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)


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——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818JJ, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned GR, 26.89g/414.9gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 155]; KM. 4.1). Coin and countermark very fine, rare


£150-200 Provenance: Bt R.V. Zander July 1966.


The authenticity for this countermark variety, as a contemporary issue, has now been established by the few dollars that have been noted overstamped as Brazilian 960 réis, 1820 (type as KM. 326.1)


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——— BRAZIL, John VI, 960 Réis, 1820R, Rio, overstamped on a Spanish-American 8 Réales previously countermarked with incuse crowned GR, as the previous lot, 26.59g/410.3gr (cf. Prid. 3; KM. –). Coin very fine, countermark visible on the obverse near the centre, extremely rare


£700-900 Provenance: Ponterio & Associates Auction 11, September 1983, lot 162


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——— Dollar, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1805TH, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned GR, 26.68g/411.7gr (countermark type not recorded in Prid.). Coin fine or better, countermark very fine, possibly a modern concoction


£90-120 Provenance: Craig Whitford Auction (Michigan), 24-5 November 1995, lot 344


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——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818JJ, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned GR, 26.90g/415.1gr (countermark type not recorded in Prid.; Burzio pl. 233, this coin). Coin and countermark good very fine and attractively toned, possibly a modern concoction


£100-150 These lots are illustrated on our web site www.dnw.co.uk


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