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


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——— Twenty Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Maria I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1788, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 ≠ raised within a rectangular indent, with what appears to be a damaged or modified stamp as the animal head portion of it is missing, and an incuse ‘eye’, 8.63g/133.2 gr (cf. Gordon 17a/b; cf. KM. 4.2). Coin good fine but clipped moderately around the edge and a mount removed, countermark very fine, extremely rare


£3,000-4,000 Provenance: Henry Christensen Auction 82, 10-11 December 1982, lot 890; bt R.C. Gordon


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British Administration, Authority of May 1811, Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1786, Rio, obv. countermarked with crowned G raised within an oval indent and 82 10 raised within a rectangular indent, these countermarks designated by Gordon as Fraud D, 14.33g/221.1 gr (cf. Gordon 20 and p.84, this coin illustrated; Prid. 1; VG 32; KM. 28). Coin and countermarks very fine or better, very rare £2,000-2,500


Provenance: Bt R.C. Gordon.


The cataloguer is not convinced that this pair of countermarks are modern fakes. However, the amateurish style might suggest a contemporary forgery


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——— Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1783, Bahia, obv. countermarked with crowned G raised within an oval indent and 82.10 raised within a rectangular indent, these countermarks designated by Gordon as Fraud D, 14.30g/220.7 gr (Gordon 20, but this countermark not illustrated; Prid. 1; VG 33; KM. 28). Coin about extremely fine, countermarks better, very rare


£2,000-2,500 Provenance: Baron Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 8 December 1983, lot 309


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——— Nine Livres, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1808TH, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a square hole with crenated edges, both sides countermarked with a crowned G raised within a shaped indent, 24.01g/370.5 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 399]; VG 30; KM. 25). Coin about fine, countermarks fine, rare


£600-700


This coin was consigned by Mr Roehrs to the Seaby Mailbid Sale 2, 21 September 1983 (284), but withdrawn after the catalogue was printed


These lots are illustrated on our web site www.dnw.co.uk


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