THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I) Trinidad
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Authority of June 1811, Nine Bitts (value Nine Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1805TH, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. with an octagonal hole, 23.83g/367.7 gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 378]; KM. A14.1). About very fine
£300-400
Provenance: S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 287; Glendining Auction, 28-9 October 1964, lot 1251
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Provenance: Bt K.V. Eckardt March 1987 ——— One Bitt (value One Shilling), an octagonal centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Reales, obv.
countermarked with an incuse T, 2.54g/39.2 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 380]; KM. A10). Fine, rare £150-200
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François Declos, Stampee (valued at One Penny), ENGLAND, Victoria, copper Halfpenny [1838-59], rev. countermarked with incuse FD, 8.01g/123.6 gr (Lyall pp.167-8; cf. Prid. 7ff; KM. Tn 1.1). Coin worn almost smooth, countermark fine
£20-30 Provenance: Gift of G. Barcant May 2002.
This and the following five lots comprise coins privately countermarked by François Declos, a barber in Port of Spain, between c. 1854 and February 1874, when it became illegal to deface coins by stamping them in this way
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Provenance: Gift of G. Barcant May 2002 ——— Stampee, ENGLAND, Victoria, Halfpenny, 1864, obv. countermarked with incuse FD, 4.90g/75.6 gr (Lyall
pp.167-8; Prid. 7D; KM. Tn 1.1). Coin poor, countermark very fine £20-30
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Provenance: Bt New Netherlands 1972 ——— Stampee, ENGLAND, Victoria, Halfpenny, 1864, rev. countermarked with incuse FD, 4.52g/69.7 gr (Lyall
pp.167-8; Prid. 7D; KM. Tn 1.1). Coin worn smooth, countermark fine £20-30
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