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

Treble Island Issues, Martinique-St. Kitts-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a Martinique ‘Moco’, c. 1797, cut from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with crenated edges, obv. countermarked with three incuse s for St. Kitts, c. 1801, and tirtila raised within a shaped indent [type III], 6.81g/105.1 gr (Prid. 22 [Sale, lot 211]). Coin fair, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £800-1,000

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: Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-20 November 1965, lot 2536