THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Four Escalins, Charles III, a lightweight cut half segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with an incuse annulet, 9.35g/144.3 gr (cf. Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76; Prid. 25, described as modern; cf. VG 4). Coin about fine, countermark better, very rare
£300-500
Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1778; Dr W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1996, lot 119
242
——— Three Escalins, Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with SL monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with serrated edges, 6.00g/92.6 gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 311]; VG 8; KM. 2). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare
£300-400 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 96
243
——— Three Escalins (perhaps 1812), Charles III, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with SL monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with plain edges, 6.31g/97.4 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 311], but with plain edge indent possibly the 1812 issue; VG 7; KM. 2). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare
£300-400 Provenance: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 98 (part)
244
Decree of October 1811, One-and-a-Half Escalin, SPAIN, a cut quarter segment of a Four Réales, Madrid, cut from the rev. with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with two incuse annulets, 2.90g/44.8 gr (Prid. 6; VG 2; KM. 7). Coin about fine, countermarks better, extremely rare
£800-1,000 Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 23 March 1971 (574)
245
——— Contemporary concoction, perhaps purporting to be a One-and-a-Half Escalin, Charles IV, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut from the rev. with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with two incuse annulets, 6.04g/93.2 gr (cf. Prid. 6 [cf. Sale, lot 319]). Coin about fine, countermarks better, rare and interesting
£250-300 Provenance: Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-20 November 1965, lot 2602.
Unlikely to be a contemporary forgery, as the one-and-a-half escalin, c. 1811, should be a cut quarter segment of a 4 réales. The annulet countermarks as well as the crenated cut edges do not have a modern look or feel. The cataloguer admits that these statements are subjective, but taking all aspects into consideration it would appear that this coin was stamped in error as a one- and-a-half escalin when the proper value should have been 3 escalins
246
——— One Escalin, Charles IV, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, cut from the rev. with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with one incuse annulet, 2.26g/34.8 gr (Prid. 7; VG 1; KM. 6). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare
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