Auction Catalogue

28 September 2010

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 308 x

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28 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£40

Tobago, ——— Stampee, a Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, obv. countermarked with incuse tb, annulet above added later to increase value, 1.94g/29.9 gr (Prid. 4c [Sale, lot 374]; cf. KM. 5-6). Coin and countermarks very fine, a contemporary forgery, rare £30-50

Provenance: H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 18-19 March 1966, lot 1861