THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Forty Sous, an unidentifiable Two Réal-sized coin, one side countermarked with a very crude crowned G raised within a rectangular indent, 4.24g/65.4 gr (cf. Prid. 4; cf. KM. 15). Coin worn smooth, countermark fair, a contemporary forgery
£90-120 Provenance: Paul Cunningham Auction 33 (Tecumseh, USA), 13 February 1980, lot 1016
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Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale, May 1988 (94) ——— Twenty Sous, a square centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, one side
stamped with G radiate, 2.91g/44.9 gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 400]; VG 27; KM. 19). Very fine £200-250
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——— Twenty Sous, a square centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, one side stamped with G radiate, 2.42g/37.4 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 401]; cf. VG 27; cf. KM. 19). Fine, but a contemporary forgery
£80-100 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 156
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——— Ten Sous, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1757M, Mexico City, countermarked on rev. with a crowned G raised within a rectangular indent, 1.34g/20.6 gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 405]; cf. VG 15; KM. 11). Coin mediocre, countermark about fine, a contemporary forgery
£90-120 Provenance: Bt I. Rudman 1980. Sold with remnants of envelope on which Fred Pridmore has written ‘contemp. forgery’
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British Administration, Authority of February 1813, Two Livres, Five Sous, MEXICO, Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Reales, 1795, Mexico City, cut from the rev. with crenated edges and countermarked with crowned G thrice raised within a shaped indent, 6.38g/98.4 gr (Prid. 7, this coin [Sale, lot 406, this coin]; VG 29; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermarks very fine, extremely rare
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 406. The few genuine specimens recorded are all stamped with the same crowned G punch Gibraltar
HEART-SHAPED PIERCINGS
The series of coins with heart-shaped piercings has been subject to various attributions, generally in the West Indies, over the years. Fred Pridmore located the Dominica Act of September 1798 which gave clear indication that ‘Dollars’ with heart shaped piercings were in current circulation on the island.
A two-part article by Bob Lyall, ‘Gibraltar Hearts’ (SNC December 2007 and February 2008) identifies, through a contemporary account, Gibraltar as the colony of origin for the type I and type II heart piercings, but considers the type IV might have possibly originated elsewhere.
It is the opinion of this cataloguer that Gibraltar is the origin for all of the types and when the dollars were withdrawn from circulation in Gibraltar in 1762 (the smaller denominations were evidently allowed to continue to circulate in Gibraltar due the shortage of small denomination coins), by some mechanism at least some of these dollars pierced with a heart-shaped hole were imported to Dominica sometime between 1762 and 1798, where they entered circulation at a value of 10 bitts currency (seven shillings and sixpence).
As it is not known if quantities of all the heart piercing types or only the type IV were imported to Dominica, the attribution of these pierced dollars should be considered as ‘Gibraltar with a strong link to Dominica’ until further evidence is uncovered.
It should be noted that the ‘opinion’ expressed above is solely that of the cataloguer and it would be fair to say that the door is open for additional research, to augment the excellent work already conducted by Bob Lyall on this very rare and interesting series of coins.
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