THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 27 September 1972, lot 258 ——— Half-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1758MM, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked
with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 13.19g/203.5gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Fine, rare £400-600
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——— Quarter-Dollar (valued at One Shilling and Eight Pence), VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 1755JM, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 6.41g/98.9gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 168]; KM 4.5). Obverse fair, reverse fine
£150-200 Provenance: Bonhams Auction, 8 July 2003, lot 1328
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——— Réal (valued at Ten Pence), VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Ferdinand VI, Réal, 1757JM, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 3.21g/49.5gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 169]; KM. 3). Fine, toned
£120-150
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——— Half-Réal (valued at Five Pence), VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1758JM, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 1.45g/22.3gr (Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 171]; KM. 1.3). Fair or better
£100-150 Provenance: Bt K. Stephens January 1995
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——— Half-Réal, VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1758JM, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate GR raised within a circular indent, 1.44g/22.2 gr (Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 171]; KM 1.3). Fair
£90-120
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Act of 31 December 1772, Eight Escudos, VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Philip V, cob 8 Escudos, 1745 or 1746V, Lima, obv. countermarked with script GC raised within a shaped indent and a cayman or alligator raised within a shaped indent on a large central plug, rev. WI lightly engraved on the plug, 26.90g/415.1gr (Gordon 3a, this coin; Prid. 3; KM. 12.2, this coin). Coin fine or better, double-struck with a flan crack, heavily clipped prior to the plug being inserted, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity; perhaps only one or two other specimens recorded £6,000-8,000
Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection, Part IX, Sotheby Auction, 14 June 1985, lot 366 [from Spink February 1921].
The Act of 31 December 1772 called in all lightweight gold coins for redemption. As a result some 8 escudo cobs were apparently plugged up to full weight (416 grains). The insertion of plugs in lightweight gold does not appear to have been officially authorised. The initials GC have been attributed to George Clinton, a goldsmith active in Jamaica c. 1770-80
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