THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) Guadeloupe-Martinique
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Authority on Guadeloupe April 1803, Twenty-Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1788, Rio, a base gold plug removed by authorities on Guadeloupe, then obv. countermarked 20 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, also for Twenty Livres per gros), then countermarked with a script B raied within a shaped indent (designated ‘West Indies Script B’ by Gordon to differentiate from stamps on gold coins regulated in New York), 9.82g/151.5 gr (Gordon 307, this coin). Coin about fine, countermarks fine or better, of the highest rarity
£5,000-6,000 Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection; R.C. Gordon Collection [from R.J.F.]; bt R.C.G.
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Authority on Guadeloupe April 1804, Twenty-Livres per gros, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1777, Rio, obv. countermarked 20 above the head of an animal raised within a rectangular indent, then countermarked 20 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, also for Twenty-Livres per gros), the Martinique stamp obliterating much of the Guadeloupe stamp, 11.33g/174.9 gr (Gordon 112, this coin; Prid. p.230, fig. 21, this coin). Coin about very fine but with some staining on reverse, countermarks very fine or better but their application has caused slight buckling to the coin, extremely rare
£4,000-5,000 Provenance: ‘Madrid Collector’, Glendining Auction, 16-17 June 1937, lot 419; bt R.C. Gordon Grenada-Martinique
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Authority on Grenada July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1771, Rio, obv. countermarked with incuse G thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, valued at 20 livres per gros), 11.60g/179.0 gr (cf. Gordon 107; cf. Prid. Grenada 19). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare
£4,000-5,000
Provenance: S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-5 March 1943, lot 241; R. Strauss Collection; bt A.P. de Clermont March 2000.
This is the only recorded specimen for Grenada without a countermark on the plug itself
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——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, 6,400 Réis, 1772, Rio, obv. countermarked with an incuse G thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked 22 above an eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805, valued at 22 livres per gros), 11.79g/181.9 gr (Gordon 107, this coin; Prid. Grenada 19). Coin about very fine and moderately clipped around the edge, countermarks very fine, extremely rare
£4,000-5,000 Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection; R.C. Gordon Collection [from R.J.F.]; bt R.C.G. These lots are illustrated on our web site
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