THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands)


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7 dwt Standard, c. 1798, Six Pounds Twelve Shillings, BRAZIL, John V, 12,800 Réis, 1730, Minas Gerais, clipped down to just slightly under the Leeward Island weight standard, 21.70g/334.8 gr/13.95 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Some scratches in obverse field and heavily clipped around the edge, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,500


Provenance: Christie’s Auction, 10-11 October 1989, lot 1017


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——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1765, Rio, obv. countermarked T·D once raised within a rectangular indent on a very large crude central base gold plug and twice near the edge, very slightly over the Leeward Island weight standard, 11.05g/170.5 gr/7.10 dwt (Gordon 216b, this coin; Prid. Not Attributed 15, this coin). Coin about fine and heavily clipped round the edge, countermarks fine, extremely rare


£2,000-2,500 Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 1208


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——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1766, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.91g/168.4 gr/7.01 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). About very fine, dull surfaces


£700-900 Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 788


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——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1773, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.90g/168.2 gr/7.00 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Scrape mark in obverse field and test mark on edge, otherwise very fine, reverse better, dull surfaces, rare


£700-900 Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 789 (part)


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——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1775, Rio, a lightweight forgery clipped down to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.69g/165.0 gr/6.87 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Surface indentation in obverse field and edge lightly clipped, otherwise very fine, rare


£700-900 Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 789 (part) These lots are illustrated on our web site www.dnw.co.uk


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