The Roehrs Collection of West Indies Cut and Countermarked Coins (Part I)

Haiti, Authority of June 1811, Dollar (valued at Eleven Escalins), MEXICO, Charles III, 8 Réales, 1780ff, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the obv. and countermarked with a palm tree raised within a rectangular indent, 19.98g/308.3 gr (Braun, table 3, A-3; Prid. Barbados 8 [Sale, lot 165, this coin]). Waterworn, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1942; F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 165; I. Rudman Collection [exchanged with I.R. March 1988]