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

Danish West Indies, Authority of June-September 1850, Half-Dollar, U.S.A., Half-Dollar, 1849, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned fr vii monogram, 13.34g/205.8gr (KM. 27). Extremely fine and extremely rare £2,500-3,000

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. Hede Collection, Bruun Rasmussen Auction (Copenhagen), 24 September 1988, lot 522.

The ticket with the coin suggests a provenance back to 1882, including periods of ownership by Emil Gluckstadt and Waldo Newcomer, but this cannot be verified