THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Black Dogg (valued at Three-Halfpence), a Cayenne 2 Sous, obv. countermarked with incuse retrograde S within a shaped frame, 1.88g/29.0 gr (Prid. 15, this coin [Sale, lot 355, this coin]; KM. 7). Coin with surface corroded, fair, countermark fine or better, extremely rare
£90-120
Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 355; E.M. Ortiz Collection, Spink Auction 87, 9 October 1991, lot 1671 (part)
St. Lucia-St. Vincent
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Issues of c. 1798 on St. Lucia, Four Escalins, MEXICO, Charles IIII, a lightweight cut half segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, assayer FM, rev. countermarked with a large incuse annulet; later obv. countermarked with SV monogram thrice raised within a shaped indent (valued at Four Shillings Three-Halfpence, or Five-and-a-Half Bitts), 9.18g/141.6 gr (Prid. St. Vincent 3, this coin [Sale, lot 347, this coin]). Coin fair, countermarks better, of the highest rarity
£1,000-1,500 Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 347.
This specimen is below the 168 grain standard established on St. Vincent for cut half-dollar segments in the December 1797 Act. Pridmore considered the incuse annulet mark a guide for the segment to be pierced and plugged to increase the weight to the required standard. However, R. Lyall (SNC April 1984, p.76) attributed the large incuse annulet to St. Lucia to identify the segments valued at four escalins
Grenada-St. Vincent
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Authority on Grenada July 1798, Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 177[–], Rio, obv. countermarked with incuse G thrice spaced around the circumference, then countermarked S raised within a square indent, once in the centre and twice at the edge (authorised on St. Vincent August 1798), 11.56g/178.4 gr (Gordon 113, this coin [date given as 1779]). Coin and countermarks very fine, extremely rare
£4,000-5,000 Provenance: Bt K. Stephens
Grenada
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Issues of c. 1786, One Bitt (value Ninepence, after 21 March 1787 reduced to Sixpence), a lightweight cut ‘eleventh’ of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, rev. countermarked with incuse G, 1.58g/24.4 gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 357]; KM. 1). Obverse almost flat, reverse fine, countermark very fine, possibly a contemporary forgery, rare
£200-250 Provenance: Bt Baldwin April 1983.
A local Act, dated 21 March 1787, refers to this denomination as being the eleventh part of a dollar, but in practice it is most unlikely that 8 réales could be successfully cut into eleven segments of near equal weight. It is much more likely that the dollars were cut into twelve segments, thus producing one bitt profit per coin, covering the cost of the cutting operation. As many lightweight pieces (as low as one-sixteenth of a dollar) were introduced by private individuals, the segments were reduced in value to sixpence. Full weight segments (anything near one twelfth of a dollar, 35 grains) are extremely rare
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