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

St. Lucia, ——— Three Escalins (perhaps 1812), Charles III, a cut quarter segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with sl monogram three times raised within a rectangular indent with plain edges, 6.31g/97.4 gr (cf. Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 311], but with plain edge indent possibly the 1812 issue; VG 7; KM. 2). Coin and countermarks fine, very rare £300-400

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: R.C. Gordon Collection, Baldwin Auction 8, 7 October 1996, lot 98 (part)