THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) Tortola-Montserrat
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Countermarking action in the Virgin Islands prior to 1801, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse T, later countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, nearly obliterating the T countermark, rev. countermarked M raised within a square indent in each corner, 5.88g/90.7 gr (cf. Prid 4 [cf. Sale, lot 270]; KM. 10). Coin worn nearly smooth, countermarks very fine, extremely rare
£800-1,000 Provenance: With Seaby; bt A. Almanzar February 1970.
The T countermark is only recorded on two or three cut quarter-dollars. Evidence would point to this incuse T being an earlier Tortola action
Guadeloupe
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French Administration, Authority of September 1793, Three Sous Nine Deniers, FRENCH COLONIES, Louis XV, 12 Deniers, 1767, rev. countermarked with RF raised within a beaded oval indent, 10.88g/167.9 gr (Prid. p.228, fig. 15 [Sale, lot 398]; VG 1; KM. 1). Coin and countermark very fine, but with some surface verdigris on reverse
£50-70 Provenance: Abner Kreisberg Auction (New York), November 1964, lot 3382
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French Administration, Authority of November 1802, Escalin, Charles IIII, a cut segment from a Spanish- American 8 Réales 1806, after a central segment had been removed, rev. countermarked with incuse RF, 2.24g/34.6 gr (Prid. p.229, fig. 17; VG 2; KM. 2). Coin and countermark better than very fine, extremely rare
£700-900 Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 134 (part)
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French Administration, Authority of April 1804, Twenty-Two Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1784, Rio, obv. countermarked 22.≠ bearded head raised within a rectangular indent, 14.26g/220.1 gr (Gordon 16b, this coin; Prid. p.229, fig. 20; KM. 5). Coin and countermark very fine or better but traces of mount on the edge, of the highest rarity
£5,000-6,000 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 198
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——— Twenty Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1765, Rio, obv. countermarked 20.≠ animal head raised within a rectangular indent, also countermarked 20 within a frame raised within a rectangular indent, rev. countermarked with lion’s face within a frame raised within a square indent, 11.14g/171.9 gr (Gordon 17a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.229, fig. 19; cf. KM. 4.1). Coin very fine, countermarks very fine or better, extremely rare
£4,000-5,000
Provenance: O.K. Rumbel Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1955, lot 16; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1800; A. van Loan Gaines Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 November 1972, lot 705
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