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

Montserrat, Tortola-Montserrat, Countermarking action in the Virgin Islands prior to 1801, Quarter-Dollar, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse t, later countermarked with Montserrat design raised within a shaped indent, nearly obliterating the t countermark, rev. countermarked m raised within a square indent in each corner, 5.88g/90.7 gr (cf. Prid 4 [cf. Sale, lot 270]; KM. 10). Coin worn nearly smooth, 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: With Seaby; bt A. Almanzar February 1970.

The t countermark is only recorded on two or three cut quarter-dollars. Evidence would point to this incuse t being an earlier Tortola action