THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) St. Kitts-Nevis
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Black Dogg (value Three-Halfpence, c. 1801), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with incuse S.K., rev. later countermarked with very crude version of NEVIS raised within a shaped indent, 1.49g/22.9 gr (cf. Prid. St. Kitts 5 and Nevis 6/7). Coin fair, countermarks fine, the NEVIS a contemporary forgery, very rare
£120-150 Provenance: Bt H.M.F. Schulman March 1970 Montserrat
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Issues of c. 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1782FF, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, 6.16g/95.1 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 268]; KM. 12). Coin mediocre, countermark good fine, very rare
£400-500 Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, July 2005 (883, part)
152
——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Charles III, 2 Réales (Head Pistareen), 1788M, Madrid, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, 5.68g/87.7 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [cf. Sale, lot 269]; KM. –). Coin fair, countermark fine, rare
£250-300 Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 489.
This coin is unusual in that an official stamp has been countermarked on a pistareen rather than on a Spanish-American 2 réales. It is not unusual to find pistareens countermarked with contemporary forgery stamps
153
——— Quarter-Dollar, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1776FM, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, 5.44g/83.9 gr (cf. Prid. 2-3 [cf. Sale, lots 268-9]). Coin poor, countermark about fine but a contemporary forgery, very rare
£250-300 Provenance: Bt R.A. Byrne October 1966
154
——— Quarter-Dollar, Charles III, a lightweight cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, rev. countermarked with M raised within a square indent in each corner, 4.77g/73.6 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 270]; cf. KM. 10). Coin about fine, countermarks fine, a contemporary forgery
£250-300 Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 65 [from Seaby December 1949] These lots are illustrated on our web site
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