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

Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1776, Rio, a lightweight forgery slightly overweight for the Leeward Island standard, 11.32g/174.7 gr/7.28 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). Very fine, reverse better, rare £700-900

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: From the ‘north of Haiti’ Hoard; R.J. Ford Collection; bt. R.C. Gordon