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

Dominica, Authority of August 1813, Sixteen Bitt Dollar (valued at Twelve Shillings), MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1798fm, Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a circular hole of 15 crenations, countermarked both sides with a crowned 16 raised within a shaped indent [the 1798 Eleven Bitt Dollar re-valued in 1813], 23.16g/357.4 gr (Prid. 24 [Sale, lot 295, this coin]; KM. 8.3). Coin fair and with scratch on obverse, countermark fine, extremely rare £3,000-4,000

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: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction 21-2 September 1981, lot 295 [from Baldwin]