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

Guadeloupe, British Administration, Authority of May 1811, Eighty-Two Livres Ten Sols, Brazil, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1786, Rio, obv. countermarked with crowned g raised within an oval indent and 82 10 raised within a rectangular indent, these countermarks designated by Gordon as Fraud D, 14.33g/221.1 gr (cf. Gordon 20 and p.84, this coin illustrated; Prid. 1; VG 32; KM. 28). Coin and countermarks very fine or better, very rare £2,000-2,500

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: Bt R.C. Gordon.

The cataloguer is not convinced that this pair of countermarks are modern fakes. However, the amateurish style might suggest a contemporary forgery