THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
170
——— Nine Livres, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1810HJ, 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, 23.91g/368.8 gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 399]; VG 30; KM. 26). Coin and countermarks good fine, rare
£400-500 Provenance: Bt Baldwin October 1988.
A number of crowned G punches were employed and while this may well be one of the official ones the probability is, as the punch appears somewhat crude, that this is an example of a contemporary forgery
171
——— Nine Livres, VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1786PR, Potosí, pierced from the rev. with a round hole with crenated edges (Dominica, 11 Bitt Dollar of September 1798), later crudely reshaped into a square hole with hand filed crenations, 23.01g/355.1 gr (cf. Numismatics International, vol. 37, no.1, January 2001). Coin about fine, a very rare contemporary forgery
£400-500 Provenance: R.H. and Mrs E.M. Norweb Collection, Christie’s Auction (Dallas), 17-18 May 1985, lot 771
172
——— Forty-Five Sous, a cut quarter segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), derived from a Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the rev. with a crowned G twice raised within a shaped indent, 5.27g/81.3 gr (cf. Prid. 15; VG 28; KM. 34). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare
£400-500 Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 144.
Many examples of contemporary forgeries exist of this particular denomination; there are also many examples of modern fakes of this type. Fred Pridmore, who did not have access to the May 1811 Act, apparently did not see or recognise a genuine example and classified the contemporary forgeries he noted as modern along with the modern fakes that he encountered
173
——— Forty-Five Sous, a cut quarter segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), derived from a MEXICO, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer TH, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the obv. with a crowned G thrice raised within a shaped indent and once on the rev., 5.33g/82.3 gr (cf. Prid. 20; VG 28; KM. 34, note). Coin fair, countermarks fine or better, probably a contemporary forgery, note the unusual number of stamps
£100-150
174
——— Forty-Five Sous, a very lightweight cut segement of the Nine Livre Dollar (central square piercing), derived from a VICEROYALTY OF PERU, 8 Réales, Lima, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked on the rev. with a crowned G twice raised within a shaped indent, 3.44g/53.1 gr (cf. Prid. 15-21; cf. VG 28; cf. KM. 34). Coin and countermarks very fine; the light weight and unsymmetrical cut edges point to this being a contemporary forgery
£100-150 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 163 These lots are illustrated on our web site
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