THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) Tortola-St. Barts
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Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, SPAIN, Charles III, 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), 1773CF, Seville, rev. counterstamped TIRTILA raised within a shaped indent [type II], then obv. countermarked with crowned 18/M raised within an elliptical indent, 5.06g/78.1 gr (Olrog p.184; cf. Prid. 8 for type; Burzio 481, this coin; KM. 13, this coin). Coin poor and pierced, countermarks about fine, the TIRTILA mark partly flattened by the application of the stamp on the obverse, the Morin stamp extremely rare as is the TIRTILA stamp on a whole coin, the combination of the highest rarity
£1,500-2,000 Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 23 March 1971 (567).
Evidence suggests that the head pistareens, which should have been valued in St. Barts at 14 stuivers, were accepted at the same value as the 2 réales from the Spanish-American mints, which were tariffed at 18 stuivers.
The local Tortola Act of February 1801 provided for whole coins to be stamped, but it is assumed that few whole coins suffered this fate as the authorised limit of the currency amount to be stamped would have not permitted enough cut money to have been countermarked (Eckardt, SNC March 1981)
Montserrat-St. Barts
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Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1768M, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, then countermarked with crowned 18/M raised within an elliptical indent, 6.18g/95.4 gr (Zay 54; Howland Wood 27; cf. Prid. Montserrat 9). Coin mediocre, countermarks fine, extremely rare
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1668; A. Patterson Collection, Bonhams Auction, 17 July 1996, lot 672
St. Eustatius-St. Barts
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Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, Philip V, a Spanish-American 2 Réales (Pistareen), rev. countermarked with crowned 14/M raised within an elliptical indent, then countermarked P in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (St. Eustatius, authorised September 1810), 4.64g/71.6 gr (Olrog p.25, 2; KM. St Eustatius 7.2). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks very fine, extremely rare
£1,500-2,000 Provenance: Ponterio Auction 22, 1 December 1985, lot 754
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——— Nine Stuivers, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1741MF, Mexico City, rev. first countermarked with crowned 9/M raised within an elliptical indent, then countermarked P in a beaded circle raised within a circular indent (St. Eustatius, authorised September 1810), 2.87g/44.3 gr (Olrog p.25, 5). Coin poor, St. Barts countermark fine but partly obliterated by the second stamp, St. Eustatius countermark very fine, extremely rare
£1,000-1,500 Provenance: Henry Christensen Auction 79, 11-12 December 1981, lot 676; bt I. Rudman 1982 These lots are illustrated on our web site
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