THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Eighth-Dollar, MEXICO, Philip V, One Réal, 1740MF, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.71g/41.8 gr (Prid. 19 [Sale, lot 286]; KM. Martinique 17.1); together with a heart-shaped Plug, 0.64g/9.8 gr [2]. Good fine, rare
£150-200 Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 910; bt S. Eyer
197
Provenance: Bt R.V. Zander January 1967 ——— Sixteenth-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a
heart-shaped hole, 1.11g/17.1 gr (Prid. 20 [Sale, lot 287]; KM. Martinique 16). Fair, rare Dominica £120-150
198
Authority of September 1798, Eleven Bitt Dollar (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1791FM, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole of 15 crenations, 23.21g/358.2 gr (Prid. 21 [Sale, lot 288]; KM. 3.3). Very fine, rare
£500-700
Provenance: H.A. Parsons Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-13 May 1954, lot 1034; S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 278 (part); Glendining Auction, 28-9 October 1964, lot 1252
199
——— Five-and-a-Half Bitts (?), VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1794PR, Potosí, centrally pierced from the obv. with a circular hole of 16 crenations, 10.78g/166.3 gr (Prid –; KM. –). Fine, a modern concoction
£250-300
Provenance: R. Prann Collection; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1413; R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 1214.
There does not seem to be any supporting evidence indicating this as a denomination provided for in Dominica. The ‘moco’ removed from the 4 réales would certainly cause confusion with the mocos taken from the 8 réales. In spite of the late Mr Roehrs’ strong belief in the legitimacy of this coin, the cataloguer must classify it as a modern concoction, although the coin has a provenance extending back to the 1930s
200
——— Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Three-Halfpence), a circular segment, most likely from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script D radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 2.84g/43.8 gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 290]; KM. 1). Very fine and most likely an official example
£90-120
Provenance: Dr A.N. Brushfield Collection, Glendining Auction, 30 July 1945, lot 297 (part); S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 278 (part); Glendining Auction, 28-9 October 1964, lot 1265 (part).
Due to differing thicknesses of the 8 réales coins from the various Spanish-American mints there is a variance in the official mocos from the legislated weight of 48 grains as provided for in the September 1798 Act
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