THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Eighteen Stuivers, MEXICO, a cut fifth segment of an 8 Réales, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 4.32g/66.7 gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin fair, countermark about fine
£70-90 Provenance: Bt R.C. Gordon 1990
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——— Eighteen Stuivers, a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 4.13g/63.7 gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin fair, countermark very fine
£80-100
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——— UNITED PROVINCES, Zeeland, Six Stuivers [1672-1738], a cut segment with edges crenated, obv. countermarked with a bundle of 7 arrows raised within an oval indent, 1.53g/23.6 gr (cf. Verkada, 1848, pl. 93.1, for host coin; KM. Zeeland 50). Coin and countermark about fine, a contemporary forgery purporting to be an Eighteen Stuivers, rare and interesting
£150-200 Provenance: Ponterio & Associates Auction 68 (Chicago), 14-15 April 1994, lot 1521.
This 6 stuiver type was minted in the provenance of Zeeland from 1672 to 1738. By 1694 there were a significant number of lightweight debased coins in circulation and the countermark of seven bonded arrows was applied to coins of good weight and fineness. This piece was cleverly cut so that the size closely matched the cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 réales, countermarked with the five petal rosace (under British Administration, August 1814); the remaining portion of the silver coin most likely ended up in a melting pot
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British Administration, Authority of September 1814, Twenty-One Stuivers (valued at Three-and-a-Half Reaals), MEXICO, a cut quarter segment of an 8 Réales, [——]6, Mexico City, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent (c. 1800 under Dutch Administration ‘Guillotine’) and 21 raised within an oval indent, 6.66g/102.7 gr (Scholten 1369; Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 423]; KM. 16). Coin and countermarks good fine, extremely rare
£2,500-3,000 Provenance: Col E.H.R. Green Collection; H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1345
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Dutch Administration, Authority of July 1818, Five Reaals (valued at Thirty Stuivers), Charles III, a cut third segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with 5 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 8.37g/129.2 gr (Scholten 1386; Prid. p.252, fig. 26; KM. 30). Coin fine, countermark very fine, extremely rare; five specimens known
£4,000-5,000 Provenance: J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 172
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——— Three Reaals (valued at Eighteen Stuivers), a cut fifth segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, rev. countermarked with 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 5.16g/79.6 gr (Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin fine, countermark very fine
£90-120 Provenance: Bt J. Ortiz These lots are illustrated on our web site
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