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

Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), 7 dwt Standard, c. 1798, Six Pounds Twelve Shillings, Brazil, John V, 12,800 Réis, 1730, Minas Gerais, clipped down to just slightly under the Leeward Island weight standard, 21.70g/334.8 gr/13.95 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Some scratches in obverse field and heavily clipped around the edge, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,500

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: Christie’s Auction, 10-11 October 1989, lot 1017