THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)


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——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1776, Rio, a lightweight forgery slightly overweight for the Leeward Island standard, 11.32g/174.7 gr/7.28 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Very fine, reverse better, rare


£700-900 Provenance: From the ‘north of Haiti’ Hoard; R.J. Ford Collection; bt. R.C. Gordon Leeward Islands-Martinique


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Authority of September 1805, Twenty Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 10.97g/169.3 gr (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin and countermark very fine, rare


£1,500-2,000 Provenance: Bowers & Merena Auction, 13-15 September 1993, lot 88.


It should be noted that the weight of this piece, fractionally exceeding 7 dwt, is the standard for the Leeward Islands, but as the coin was seemingly not ‘regulated’ down to this weight it may simply be coincidence


Martinique


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Authority of September 1797, Three Escalins or ‘Moco’ (valued at 45 Sols), MEXICO, Charles III, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer FM, the cut edges crenated, 6.48g/100.0 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 414]; VG 21; KM 26). Very fine


£120-150 Provenance: Ponterio & Associates Auction 93 (Chicago), 13-14 March 1998, lot 2106


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——— Three Escalins or ‘Moco’ (4), cut quarter segments reconstructed into a whole coin, with crenated edges of: a) Charles IIII, Spanish-American 8 Réales, 5.89g/90.9 gr; b) MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer FM, 6.40g/98.8 gr; c) Charles III, Spanish-American 8 Réales, 6.42g/99.1 gr; d) MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1807TH, lightweight, 5.04g/77.7 gr [4]. First three fine, last very fine and in spite of the late host coin date the very light weight suggests a contemporary forgery rather than a modern copy £500-700


Provenance: Second bt April 1986; third bt R.V. Zander October 1968


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——— Three Escalins or ‘Moco’, MEXICO, a lightweight cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, the cut edges crenated, 4.11g/63.4 gr (Prid. 4, this coin [Sale, lot 415, this coin]; VG 21; KM. 26). Very fine, a contemporary forgery


£80-100 Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 415 These lots are illustrated on our web site www.dnw.co.uk


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