Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Jamaica, Authority of November 1758, Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1756mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, obv. later countermarked with crowned gp raised within a circular indent, for Azores (c. 1887), 26.62g (cf. Prid. 4; KM. 8.2; cf. Roehrs I, lot 9). Fine or better, Azores countermark extremely fine, very rare £1,200-1,500

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1231; E. Roehrs Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 96, 17 November 2011, lot 384.

Slabbed in NGC holder, graded VF 25