THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts, 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, 2.97g/45.8 gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 290]; KM. 1). Very fine and most likely an official example
£90-120 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 75
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——— Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts, a lightweight circular segment with 15 crenations, one side stamped with a script D radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 1.87g/28.8 gr (Prid. 22A [Sale, lots 291-3]; KM. 1). Very fine, a contemporary forgery
£60-80 Provenance: With J. Peters January 1974; bt I. Rudman 1978
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——— Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts, a lightweight circular segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 16 crenations, obv. stamped with a script D radiate, small star within the loop of the letter, 2.58g/39.8 gr (Prid 22A [Sale, lots 291-3]; KM. 1). A rather small diameter due to the stamping not flattening out the plug, so unusually the reverse details of the host coin are present, fine, a contemporary forgery
£60-80
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Authority of August 1813, Sixteen Bitt Dollar (valued at Twelve Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1798FM, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole of 15 crenations, countermarked both sides with a crowned 16 raised within a shaped indent [the 1798 Eleven Bitt Dollar re-valued in 1813], 23.16g/357.4 gr (Prid. 24 [Sale, lot 295, this coin]; KM. 8.3). Coin fair and with scratch on obverse, countermark fine, extremely rare
£3,000-4,000 Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction 21-2 September 1981, lot 295 [from Baldwin]
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——— Twelve Bitt Dollar (valued at Nine Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1792FM, Mexico City, centrally pierced with an over-large circular hole, rev. countermarked with a crowned 12 raised within a shaped indent four times, 14.79g/228.2 gr [approximate official weight 18g] (Prid. 26 [Sale, lot 296, this coin]; SNC December 1905, col. 8762, this coin; KM. 7). Fine, a contemporary forgery, but of the highest rarity £4,000-5,000
Provenance: H.B. Bowles Collection; Bristol City Museum Collection; F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction 21-2 September 1981, lot 296 [from A. Gunstone]
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——— Six Bitts (valued at Four Shillings and Sixpence), Charles IIII, a circular centre segment from a Spanish- American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with a crowned 6 raised within a shaped indent, 9.81g/151.4 gr (Prid. 27 [Sale, lot 297]; KM. 6). Coin mediocre, countermark fine
£120-150 These lots are illustrated on our web site
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