THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Nine Bitts, MEXICO, Charles III, 4 Réales, 1783FF, Mexico City, obv. countermarked S/IX raised within a shaped indent, 13.44g/207.4 gr (Prid. 11 [Sale, lot 350]; KM. 11). Scratches in obverse field, otherwise about very fine, countermark better but a modern copy
£200-300
Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1842; D.F. Spink Collection, Spink Auction 50, 6-7 March 1986, lot 209.
Four specimens are known:
1) 1772, ex H.D. Gibbs (private sale), R.A. Byrne lot 1093 2) 1779, ex F. Pridmore, lot 350, Spink Auction 78, lot 813 3) 1781, ex R.C. Gordon, lot 113 4) 1783, the present piece.
The true status of these pieces, as modern fakes, was exposed by P.D. Mitchell and R. Lyall at the time the Gordon collection was catalogued for sale (see the extensive note to lot 113 in that collection)
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——— Six Bitts (valued at Four Shillings and Sixpence), Charles IIII, a circular central segment from a Spanish- American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked S/VI raised within a shaped indent, 8.80g/135.8 gr (Prid. 12 [Sale, lot 351]; KM. 10). Coin and countermark fine, extremely rare
£900-1,200 Provenance: Bt R.A. Byrne 1971
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Authority of July 1814, Four-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at Three Shillings and Fourpence-Halfpenny), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 1754M, Mexico City, rev. countermarked S/IV½/B raised within a shaped indent, 6.43g/99.2 gr (cf. Prid. 13 [cf. Sale, lot 352]; KM. 9.1). Coin fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare on a pillar type 2 Réales
£500-700 Provenance: ‘Bostonian’ Collection, Bank Leu Auction 51 (Zurich), 24-6 October 1990, lot 777
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——— Four-and-a-Half Bitts, MEXICO, Charles III, 2 Réales, 1785FM, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with crude S/IV/½/B raised within a shaped indent, 6.01g/92.7 gr (cf. Prid. 13 [cf. Sale, lot 352]; cf. KM. 9.1). Coin fair and pierced, countermark fine, a contemporary forgery, rare
£150-200 Provenance: Dr. W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 147
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——— Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a crowned C type plain copper flan, obv. countermarked with incuse retrograde S within a shaped frame, 1.64g/25.3 gr (Prid. 14, this coin [Sale, lot 353, this coin]; KM. 8). Coin and countermark very fine, rare
£60-80
Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 353; E.M. Ortiz Collection, Spink Auction 87, 9 October 1991, lot 1671 (part)
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