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Windward Islands, Sixty-Six Shillings, a Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Reis, 1783, Lisbon, heavily clipped down to 7 dwt 18 grains, 12.09g/186.6gr (cf. Gordon p.39). Very fine £500-700
Hammer Price: £800
Windward Islands, Louis XVI, 12 Sols, 1732, 2.31g (KM. C2); together with countermarked Stampees (2), 1763 issue, large crowned c on a 2 Sols, 1739, 1.74g (KM. 1.2), 1779 issue, 1.54g (KM. 2), and INDIA, Mewar, Rupee, Chitor, 10.64g (KM. C26) [4]. First worn, others fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £110
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Eleven Bitts (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1797fm, Mexico City, pierced from the obverse with a central hole with 14 crenations (type I), 23.40g/361.1gr (Prid. 1, this coin [Sale, lot 367, this coin]; KM. 12). Very fine and the highest rarity £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at One Shilling and Threehalfpence), a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Reales, with 14 crenations (type I), stamped with a script t radiate, 3.42g/52.8gr (Prid. 2 [cf. Sale, lot 368]; KM. 9). Very fine and just starting to show the die crack on the left side, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Eleven Bitts (valued at Eight Shillings and Threepence), a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1794fm, Mexico City, pierced from the obv. with a central hole with 15 crenations (type II), 23.08g/356.2gr (Howland Wood fig. 3, this coin; cf. Prid. 1 [Sale, cf. lot 367]; KM. 12). Fine or better, rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £4,800
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Moco or One-and-a-Half Bitts (valued at One Shilling Three-Halfpence), a circular centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, with 15 crenations (type II), stamped with a script t radiate, 3.37g/52.0gr (cf. Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 368, this coin]; KM. 9). Very fine, die crack on the left side prominent, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,200
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Five-and-a-Half Bitts (presumed value of Four Shillings and Threehalfpence), a Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1794pr, Potosí, centrally pierced from the obv. with a circular hole with 16 crenations, 10.80g/166.7gr (Prid –; KM. –). Nearly fine, the only recorded specimen £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Tobago, Issues c. 1798, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a crowned c type plain copper flan, obv. countermarked tabago raised within a rectangular indent, 2.00g/30.9gr (Prid. 6, this coin [not in Sale]; KM.–). Coin nearly fine, countermark very fine, of the highest rarity; apparently only one other specimen recorded (cf. Pridmore, p.215) £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,300
Tobago, Act of November 1798, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a crowned c type plain copper flan, rev. countermarked incuse tb/o, 1.77g/27.3gr (Prid. 3, this coin [Sale, lot 369, this coin]; KM. 6). Coin nearly fine, countermark very fine, very likely to be an official stamp and as such very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
Tobago, Act of November 1798, Stampee, a French 2 Sols, 1749, overstamped crowned c (in 1763), obv. countermarked incuse tb/o, 1.75g/27.0gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, cf. lots 369-75]; KM. 6). Coin fair, countermark very fine, possibly an official stamp £100-150
Hammer Price: £120
Tobago, Act of November 1798, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, obv. countermarked with incuse tb, 1.68g/25.9gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, lot 376]; KM. 5). Coin fine, countermark very fine and probably an official punch, rare £150-200
Tobago-St Vincent, Stampee (valued at Twopence-Farthing), a Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked incuse tb/o (a contemporary counterfeit punch) over a incuse retrograde s (only part of the s visible between t and b), 1.63g/25.2gr (Prid –). Coin fair with corroded surfaces, possibly a genuine undertype, countermarks fair to fine, the combination extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £360
Trinidad, Proclamation of February 1804, Half-Bitt (valued at Sixpence), Philip V, a cut half-segment of a Spanish Réal, 1738, 1.18g/18.2gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, cf. lot 377]); Quarter-Bitt (valued at Threepence), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American Réal [177]2, Guatemala, 0.81g/12.5gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, cf. lot 377]) [2]. Fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £200
Trinidad, Issue c. post-1804, Half-Bitt (valued at Sixpence), a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen) without countermark, 1.19g/18.4gr (Prid. –). About fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £30
Trinidad, Issue c. post-1804, Half-Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, a very lightweight one-sixth segment of a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), no countermark, but later pierced, 0.53g/8.2gr (Prid. –). Fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £15
Trinidad, Authority of June 1811, Nine Bitts (valued at Nine Shillings), Charles IV, 8 Réales, 1789ij, Lima, transitional type, centrally pierced from the obv. with an octagonal hole, 23.93g/369.3gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 378]; KM. A14.1). Obverse about fine, reverse better £400-600
Hammer Price: £950
Trinidad, Authority of June 1811, One Bitt (valued at One Shilling), an octagonal centre segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. countermarked with incuse t, 2.88g/44.4gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 380]; KM. A10). Coin fair, countermark fine or better, rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £650
Curaçao, Dutch Administration: Authority of J. K. Lauffer, 1799-1803, Eighteen Stuivers ‘Guilloting’ (valued at Three Reaals), Charles III, a cut quarter-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, the cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked with a five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 7.10g/109.6gr (Scholten 1368a; Prid. p.251, fig. 25 [Sale, lot 421]; KM. 7). Coin fine or better, countermark very fine, very rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Curaçao, British Administration: Authority of August 1814, Eighteen Stuivers (valued at Three Reaals), Charles IIII, a cut fifth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked with five-petal rosace raised within a circular indent, 5.02g/77.5gr (Scholten 1370; Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 422]; KM. 13). Coin fair and with traces of mounting at corners, countermark fine or better £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
Curaçao, Dutch Administration: Authority of July 1818, Three Reaals (valued at Eighteen Stuivers, a cut fifth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked 3 in a circle raised within a circular indent, 4.42g/68.4gr (Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig. 27 [Sale, lot 424]; KM. 28). Coin nearly fine, countermark better £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Curaçao, Dutch Administration, c. 1819-1825, Three Reaals, a cut fifth-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked 3 raised within a serrated circular indent, 5.14g/79.3gr (cf. Scholten 1387; Prid. p.252, fig 28 [Sale, lot 425]; KM. 29). Coin fair to fine, countermark very fine £100-150
Curaçao, Dutch Administration: Authority of June 1838, Quarter-Guilder, a cut quarter-segment of a Willem I, Guilder, cut edges crenated, rev. countermarked with script c raised within an oval indent, 2.65g/40.9gr (Scholten 1388; Prid. p.253, fig. 29 [Sale, lot 426]; KM. 27). Coin and countermark very fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £300
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, Ordinance of August 1798, Twenty-Two Guilders, Joseph I, a counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1771, Rio, obv. countermarked with a script ed raised within a rectangular indent, 10.39g/160.3gr (cf. Gordon 13a; cf. Prid. 1; cf. KM. 3). Coin very fine, countermark better, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen £6,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £46,000
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, Authority of December 1808, Three Guilders (valued at Five Shillings), a Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1796fm, Mexico City, with a circular piercing with 19 crenations, obv. countermarked e.&.d/3.g.l raised within a beaded oval indent, 22.23g/343.1gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 151]; Scholten 1441, this coin; Guttag 918c, this coin; KM. 2). Coin and countermark very fine or better, very rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £18,000
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, Authority of December 1808, Three Bitts (valued at Fifteen Pence), a central segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales with 19 crenations, one side countermarked e&d/3.bts raised within a beaded circle, 4.82g/74.4gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 152]; Scholten 1442; KM. 1). Very fine or better, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £6,000
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, Authority of December 1808, Three Bitts, a contemporary counterfeit, a central segment from a Spanish-American 8 Réales, one side countermarked e.&d/ 3.bts raised within a beaded circle, 4.43g/68.4gr (cf. Prid. 75 [this punch identified as a modern copy]). Fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £440
ESSEQUIBO & DEMERARA, A Charles III Half-Réal, 1781, partially cut with a special tool designed to produce three ‘light weight cut half-segments’ and leave the centre segment for the melting pot, 1.25g/19.3gr (cf. Prid. p.32 for discussion of this coin type). Obverse fair, reverse fine, rare and interesting £60-80
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type I, Dollar, (possibly valued at Seven Shillings and Sixpence), a Philip V, 8 Réales, 1746mf, Mexico City, pierced from the rev. with a stylised heart-shaped hole, 22.85g/352.6gr (Prid. Dominica 1 [Sale, lot 278, this coin]; KM. Martinique 5). Nearly fine or better, very rare £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £3,000
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type I, Quarter-Dollar (presumed based on a Ten Bitt Dollar, valued at Two Shillings and Tenpence-Halfpenny), a Philip V, 2 Réales, 174[–], Mexico City, centrally pierced from the rev. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.04g/77.8gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 3 [Sale, cf. lot 279]; cf. KM. Martinique 3). Coin fair, extremely rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type I, Eighth-Dollar (presumed based on a Ten Bitt Dollar, valued at Elevenpence-Farthing), a Philip V, Spanish Réal, 1726, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 2.45g/37.8gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 4 [Sale, cf. lot 280]; cf. KM. Martinique 4). Coin nearly fine, very rare £240-300
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Quarter-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1727f, Segovia, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 5.23g/80.7gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 8 [Sale, cf. lot 282]; cf. KM. Martinique 8). Coin fine or better but with a test cut in the edge, rare £200-260
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Quarter-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Louis I, 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1724f, Seville, centrally pierced from the obv. with a heart-shaped hole, 4.67g/72.1gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 8 [Sale, cf. lot 282]; cf. KM. Martinique 8). Coin fine or better but with edge nick, rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £150
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Eighth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Spanish Réal, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.96g/30.2gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 9 [Sale, cf. lot 280]; cf. KM. Martinique 7). Coin worn smooth, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £100
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Eighth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, Spanish Réal, Madrid, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.82g/28.1gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 9 [Sale, cf. lot 280]; cf. KM. Martinique 7). Coin very fine but with two large edge clips (made at a later date than the heart-shaped piercing), rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £85
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Sixteenth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, Half-Réal, 1736, Seville, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.32g/20.4gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 10 [Sale, cf. lot 283]; cf. KM. Martinique 6). Coin very fine, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £90
Gibraltar, First series, Authorisation c. early 1740s, Type II, Sixteenth-Dollar, contemporary counterfeit, a Philip V, Half-Réal, 1732, Seville, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole, 1.01g/15.6gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 10 [Sale, cf. lot 283]; cf. KM. Martinique 6). Coin fair and crinkled, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Dollar (presumably valued at Seven Shillings and Sixpence), a Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1756mm, Mexico City, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border on each side, 22.06g/340.4gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 16 [Sale, cf. lot 284]; cf. KM. Martinique 20). Coin fine or better, very rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,800
Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Quarter-Dollar (presumably valued at Two Shillings and Tenpence-Halfpenny), a Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 1755, Mexico City, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border, 5.15g/79.5gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 18 [Sale, cf. lot 285]; cf. KM. Martinique 18). Coin nearly very fine, very rare £500-600
Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Eighth-Dollar (presumably valued at Elevenpence-Farthing), a Ferdinand VI, Réal, 1755jm, Lima, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border both sides, 2.62g/40.4gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 19 [Sale, cf. lot 286]; cf. KM. Martinique 17.1). Coin fine, rare £200-260
Gibraltar, Second series, Authority untraced, issue of c. 1760, Type IV, Sixteenth-Dollar (presumably valued at about Fivepence-Halfpenny), a Ferdinand VI Half-Réal, 1756jm, Lima, centrally pierced with a heart-shaped hole with a patterned border, 1.29g/19.9gr (SNC December 2007; cf. Prid. Dominica 20 [Sale, cf. lot 287]; cf. KM. Martinique 16). Coin very fine, rare £150-200
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