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

Grenada, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Maria I, 6,400 Réis, obv. countermarked with script jr raised within an oval indent on a central plug and incuse g thrice spaced around the circumference, 11.66g/179.9 gr (Gordon 7c, this coin; Prid. 6; KM. 3). Coin fine and edge heavily clipped, countermarks very fine, extremely rare £2,500-3,000

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: Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 2 June 1957, lot 2377; bt K.V. Eckardt March 1984