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

Curaçao, Authority of J.K. Lauffer, 1799-1803, Eight Patinhos or Eight Spanish Dollars (apparently valued at Seven-and-a-Half Spanish dollars), Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 17[—], Rio, obv. countermarked g+i, b, mh and l all raised within shaped indents, spaced around the edge, rev. countermarked w raised within a circular indent at the edge, 10.49g/161.9 gr (Gordon 14a, this coin; cf. Prid. p.250, fig 24; cf. Scholten 1367; KM. 8). Coin about very fine, countermarks better, of the highest rarity £5,000-6,000

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: R.J. Ford Collection; bt R.C. Gordon