THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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Type I, c. 1761-4, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to Ten Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Philip V, 8 Réales, 1744MF, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 23.42g/361.4 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 278]; KM. Martinique 5). Fine and toned, very rare
£1,200-1,500
Provenance: H.A. Parsons Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-13 May 1954, lot 1038; R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 1217
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There is no evidence that the plugs circulated; they were probably melted, but a few escaped the melting pot ——— Heart-shaped Plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 2.66g/41.0 gr. Fair, rare
£90-120
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——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1721J, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.17g/79.8 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [cf. Sale, lot 279]; KM. Martinique 3). Very fine and very rare
£300-400 Provenance: Baldwin Auction 28, 9 October 2001, lot 1388 (part).
While the heart piercing appears to be the type I variety, the host coin is a pistareen; the cataloguer believes the type I heart piercing should be on a Spanish-American 2 réales
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Type II, c. 1764, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence, revalued to Ten Bitts in September 1798), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1756MM, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 23.48g/362.3 gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 281]; KM. Martinique 10). About fine, very rare
£900-1,200
Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1606; A. van Loan Gaines Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 24-5 May 1968, lot 1008; R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 1219
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Provenance: R.H. and Mrs E.M. Norweb Collection, Christie’s Auction (Dallas), 17-18 May 1985, lot 749 ——— Quarter-Dollar, SPAIN, Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1721A, Madrid, centrally pierced from the obv. with a
heart-shaped hole, 4.04g/62.3 gr (cf. Prid. 8 [cf. Sale, lot 282]; KM. Martinique 8). Fine, rare These lots are illustrated on our web site
www.dnw.co.uk £200-250
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