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

Vieques, 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

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: 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