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№ 5164

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25 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£170

Dominica, Authority of September 1798, Three Bitts (valued at Two Shillings and Threepence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, 6.33g/97.7gr (Prid. 23 [Sale, lot 294]; KM. –). Very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: Bt New Netherlands 1973.

This was a common type that circulated widely throughout the islands, but was specifically authorised in the Dominica Act of September 1798