THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1782, Bahia, a crudely made lightweight forgery, 13.61g/210.0 gr/8.75 dwt. Sweated, no edge milling, fair
£500-600
Provenance: ‘Strasbourg’ Collection, NASCA Auction (New York), 29 November 1985, lot 207. Perhaps to be associated with the post-Revolutionary 9 dwt standard
372
ENGLAND, George III, counterfeit Guinea, 178[–], plated base metal, 4.09g/63.1 gr. Many test marks and scratches, flan slightly bent and perhaps with trace of a pseudo countermark on obverse, otherwise about fine
£30-40 Provenance: G. Brunk Collection, Rich Hartzog Mailbid Sale, 7 November 2006 (440)
373
FRANCE, First Republic, 10 Centimes, AN 8AA [1799], Metz, cut into a heart-shape, 14.75g/227.6 gr (VG Martinique 27). Fair
£30-50
374
FRANCE, First Republic, 5 Centimes, AN 8AA [1799], Metz, obv. countermarked with a crowned heart raised within a rectangular indent with rounded corners, 9.12g/140.7 gr (VG Martinique 24). Coin and countermark fine
£30-50 Provenance: With New Netherlands November 1949; bt K. Fischer December 1964
375
PORTUGAL, Joseph I, 4 Escudos, 1763, Lisbon, with an anonymous central plug, 13.18g/203.4 gr/8.47 dwt (Gordon 212, this coin). Coin fine or better but with rough surface and re-edged, extremely rare
£1,000-1,500 Provenance: SNC September 1980 (3629).
It is very likely that this coin was regulated for the post-Revolutionary 9 dwt standard (216 grains) and has been clipped down. See The Edward Roehrs Collection of U.S. Regulated Gold, Heritage Auction, 13 August 2010, lots 21373-84
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