THE COLLECTION OF CUT AND COUNTERMARKED COINS FORMED BY THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS (Part I)
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——— Half-Dollar, U.S.A., Half-Dollar, 1870, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur-de-lis, 11.95g/184.4gr (KM. 11). Fair, rare
£150-200
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——— Quarter-Dollar, U.S.A., Quarter-Dollar, 1805, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur- de-lis, 6.51g/100.4gr (KM. 4 variety). About very fine, extremely rare
£600-800
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——— Twenty Centimos or Fifth-Dollar, U.S.A., 20 Cents, 18[75]S, holed near edge and obv. countermarked with an incuse fleur-de-lis, 4.62g/71.3gr (KM. 3, this coin). Fair, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen on this denomination
£600-800
Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1082; R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 951
Vieques
Vieques is a small island off the south-east corner of Puerto Rico. Politically the island is part of Puerto Rico, but until the latter part of the 19th century it had very close economic links with the Danish Virgin Islands. In the collection catalogue of Jules Fonrobert, which was prepared and edited in 1878 by Adolph Weyl, numbers 7751-4 are described as Danish West Indies coins countermarked with a star (with a varied number of rays) and attributed to the island of Vieques. This would seem to be the earliest reference to this series of countermarked coins, but as no new evidence has been uncovered this attribution has remained unchallenged. Although there is no solid evidence for this series belonging to Vieques, perhaps the best suggestion is contained in an article by Edward Roehrs (NI Bulletin, vol. 37, no. 2, February 2001), that this countermarking was carried out by merchants on Vieques in order to try and keep the coins on the island for local circulation. Whatever the truth of the matter, the fact is that these coins are seldom encountered.
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Provenance: Bt K. Fischer 1964 DANISH WEST INDIES, Frederick VI, Twenty Skillings, 1816, edge engrailed, obv. countermarked with
sunburst with 13 rays, 4.97g/76.6gr (KM. 11). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £250-300
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DANISH WEST INDIES, Frederick VI, Two Skillings, 1816, edge engrailed, obv. countermarked with sunburst with 13 rays, 1.16g/17.9gr (KM. 2). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare
£150-200
Provenance: Found in a box in the effects of A.H. Riise (†September 1910), an apothecary in St. Thomas; bt J. Sømod August 1995. A note to this effect accompanies the coin
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Provenance: Thomas Hoiland Auction 25 (Frederiksberg), 21 November 2003, lot 7338 (part) DANISH WEST INDIES, Frederick VII, Ten Skillings, 1848, edge plain [struck in 1856], obv. countermarked
with sunburst with 13 rays, 2.43g/37.5gr (KM. 10 variety). Coin and countermark very fine, very rare £150-200 These lots are illustrated on our web site
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