THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1589 ——— Escalin (valued at 15 Sols), MEXICO, Charles III, a cut third segment of a Two Réales, Mexico City, assayer
FF, the cut edges crenated, 2.08g/32.1 gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 416]; VG 19; KM. 25). Fair to fine, very rare £150-200
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Authority of September 1805, Twenty-Two Livres per gros, PORTUGAL, John V, Two Escudos, 1735, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 5.69g/87.8 gr (denomination not recorded by Gordon or VG). Coin about fine and clipped around the edge, countermark very fine, extremely rare and a very early date for a host coin
£2,500-3,000 Provenance: Bt Platt August 1965
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——— Twenty-Two Livres per gros, PORTUGAL, Joseph I, Four Escudos, 1768, Lisbon, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 12.58g/194.1 gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin fine, clipped around the edge and with possible trace of mounting, granular surface, countermark better, rare
£2,000-2,500 Provenance: Bt 1982
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——— Twenty-Two Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1776, Rio, obv. countermarked 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, this countermark designated by Gordon as Fraud A, though a full weight coin, 14.32g/221.0 gr (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22; VG 22). Coin and countermark about extremely fine, rare
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: J.C. Rovensky Collection, B. Max Mehl Mailbid Sale, 30 November 1954 (2133); J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 252.
Despite the basis for Gordon’s designation as ‘Fraud A’ the cataloguer is not convinced that this stamp is a fake
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——— Twenty Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1756, Bahia, obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent, 9.03g/139.4 gr (Gordon 18; Prid. p.242, fig. 23). Coin fine but heavily clipped around the edge, countermark very fine, rare
£1,500-2,000 These lots are illustrated on our web site
Provenance: Henry Christensen Auction 86, 9-10 December 1983, lot 971; bt K.V. Eckardt November 1984
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