THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) Jamaica
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Authority of November 1758, Dollar (valued at Six Shillings and Eightpence), MEXICO, Philip V, 8 Réales, 1738MF, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 26.53g/409.4 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.4). Coin about fine, countermark better, rare on an early host coin
£300-350 Provanance: BDW Auction 18, 15 December 1995, lot 314
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——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758MM, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, obv. later countermarked crowned GP raised within a circular indent, for Azores (c. 1887), 26.73g/412.5gr (cf. Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lot 167]; KM. 8.3). Fine, extremely rare
£900-1,200 Provenance: A. Patterson Collection, Bonhams Auction, 17 July 1996, lot 631
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——— Dollar, SPANISH CAPTAINCY-GENERAL OF GUATEMALA, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758J, Guatemala, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, but from the smaller punch used on the Half-Dollar (4 Réales), 26.75g/412.8gr (cf. Prid. 4 [cf. Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.1). About extremely fine but an attempted piercing for suspension near the edge, the combination of host coin and Half-Dollar punch extremely rare, only one other specimen recorded
£1,500-2,000 Provenance: J.J. Ford Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 19
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——— Half-Dollar (valued at Three Shillings and Fourpence), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1758MM, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 13.21g/203.8gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Fine, rare
£400-600 Provenance: Bt I. Rudman 1986
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