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


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Authority of September 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804TH, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with an incuse 10-point sunburst, 22.08g/340.7 gr (Graham p.24; KM. 2.1). Very fine and extremely rare


£1,500-2,000


Provenance: Judge Fraser Collection; C. Orton Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 26-8 February 1973, lot 1068; Superior Auction (Los Angeles), 4-5 December 1998, lot 672; J. Hunnicutt Collection, Ponterio & Associates Auction 124 (New York), 18-19 January 2003, lot 1532


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——— Holey Dollar, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1804TH, Mexico City, centrally pierced, obv. countermarked with a crude incuse 10 or 11-point sunburst, B stamped twice into the field along with a further unidentified stamp, 21.99g/339.3 gr (Graham p.24; Pridmore, SNC November 1960, fig. 2, this coin; cf. KM 2.1). A contemporary forgery, about fine but harshly cleaned, rare


£300-500 Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 41


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Provenance: Bt T. Hamilton September 1966 ——— Holey Dollar, SPAIN, Joseph Napoleon, 20 Réales, 1810AI, Madrid, centrally pierced, 21.16g/326.5 gr


(Graham p.24; Faulkner fig. 10, this coin). An unofficial issue, fine, rare £300-400 Australia


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NEW SOUTH WALES, Authority of June 1813, Holey Dollar (valued at Five Shillings), VICEROYALTY OF PERU, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, Lima, centrally pierced and stamped as a border around the piercing, obv. NEW SOUTH WALES 1813, rev. FIVE SHILLINGS, obv. later countermarked T · KNIGHT incuse, 19.53g/301.4 gr (Mira dies II/7.30 and B/1.30, no. 15; KM. 2.13). Coin and stampings worn, T. Knight better, rare


£4,000-5,000


Provenance: A Highly Important Collection of Holey Dollars and Dumps, Spink Australia Auction No. 24, Part II, 16-17 March 1988, lot 1046


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