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


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7 dwt Standard on the Leeward Islands, c. 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1769, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard with a small plug (cf. Gordon p.29), obv. countermarked 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised on Martinique September 1805 for a value of 20 Livres per gros), 10.92g/168.5 gr/7.02 dwt (Gordon 19; Prid. p.242, fig. 22). Coin fine or better with dull surfaces, countermark very fine, extremely rare


£2,000-2,500


Provenance: J.W. Garrett Collection, Part I, NFA/Bank Leu Auction (Beverly Hills), 16-18 May 1984, lot 1222 [from J. Guttag January 1925]


Martinique-St. Vincent-Guadeloupe-Martinique


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Authority of July 1798 on Martinique, Sixty-Six Livres, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1767, Rio, with a central plug to bring the coin up to the 7.5 dwt standard, obv. countermarked with FA raised within a rectangular indent (François Arnaud, Fort Royal, Martinique), then countermarked S raised within a square indent four times spaced around the edge for Sixty-Six Shillings (authorised on St. Vincent August 1798), the good plug installed on Martinique replaced with a base gold plug on St. Vincent; the base gold plug removed on Guadeloupe and the coin valued at 20 Livres per gros (authorised April 1803); the coin moved back to Martinique, obv. countermarked with 20 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised September 1805), 8.34g/128.7 gr/5.36 dwt (Gordon 101, this coin). Coin good fine, a large hole in centre where plug was removed, a smaller hole near edge for later suspension, edge partially clipped, countermarks very fine, of the highest rarity


£5,000-6,000 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 204 St. Lucia


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Issues of c. 1798, Six Escalins, Charles III, a cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with SL monogram twice raised within a rectangular indent with lightly serrated edges, 11.16g/172.2 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 310]; VG 10; KM. 4). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare


£900-1,200 Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; with J. Schulman September 1949; bt K. Fischer December 1964


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——— Six Escalins, previously Four Escalins, Charles III, a lightweight cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. and rev. countermarked with a large incuse annulet (for a valuation of 4 Escalins), then obv. unofficially countermarked with SL monogram thrice raised within a rectangular indent with serrated edges (to unoffically raise the value to 6 Escalins), the central SL countermark placed to obliterate the incuse annulet on the obv., 10.16g/156.8 gr (cf. Prid. 15; Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76, this coin illustrated; cf. KM. 3-4). Coin fair to fine, countermarks better, extremely rare


£900-1,200


Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1768; Hans Schulman/Abner Kreisberg Auction (New York), 18 June 1972, lot 260; gift of I. Rudman 1976.


An extremely interesting specimen in that the original valuation of four escalins was easily advanced to six escalins with the application of the unofficial SL monogram countermarks. Several specimens exist with this double stamping having taken place, which confirms the remarks made by Bob Lyall in his article, ‘The St Lucia “SL” Countermarked Coins – A Reappraisal’ (SNC April 1984, p.76). Fred Pridmore identified the four escalin piece as a cut third segment of an 8 réales countermarked with the SL monogram three times. However, every specimen of the cut third dollar segment has proved to be modern and accordingly a concoction


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