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


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Authority of December 1808, Three Guilders (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1806TH, Mexico City, pierced with a hole with 19 crenations, obv. countermarked E.&D 3.GL raised within a beaded oval indent, 21.92g/338.2gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 151]; KM. 2; Scholten 1441). Coin good fine, countermark very fine, very rare


£4,000-5,000


Provenance: S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 277 (part); bt R.A. Byrne May 1966. The reverse illustration in the Whetmore catalogue is not of this coin


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——— Three Bitts (valued at Fifteen Pence), a central plug from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 19 crenations, rev. countermarked E&D 3.BTS raised within a beaded circle, 4.83g/74.5gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 152]; KM. 1; Scholten 1442). Coin and countermark very fine, countermark not fully struck up between 9 and 12 o’clock (perhaps punch broken), very rare


£1,500-2,000 Provenance: S.A.H. Whetmore Collection, Glendining Auction, 14 July 1961, lot 277 (part); bt R.A. Byrne May 1966 Curaçao


324


Authority of J.K. Lauffer, 1799-1803, Eight Patinhos or Eight Spanish Dollars (apparently valued at Seven-and- a-Half Spanish dollars), BRAZIL, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 17[—], Rio, obv. countermarked G+I, B, MH and L all raised within shaped indents, spaced around the edge, rev. countermarked W raised within a circular indent at the edge, 10.49g/161.9 gr (Gordon 14a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.250, fig 24; cf. Scholten 1367; KM. 8). Coin about very fine, countermarks better, of the highest rarity


£5,000-6,000 Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection; bt R.C. Gordon


325


——— Eighteen Stuivers ‘Guillotine’ (valued at Three Reaals), MEXICO, Charles IIII, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, 1792FM, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 6.53g/100.8 gr (Scholten 1368a; Prid. p.251. fig. 25 [Sale, lot 421]; KM. 7). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare


£1,200-1,500 Provenance: A. Van der Wall Collection


326


British Adminstration, Authority of August 1814, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals), a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 4.89g/75.5 gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin and countermark about fine


£80-100 These lots are illustrated on our web site www.dnw.co.uk


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