The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens

Trinidad, PORT OF SPAIN, Francois Declos, Stampee, a George IV Halfpenny, 1826, obv. countermarked incuse fd to increase the local value from a Half-Stampee to One Stampee (cf. Lyall 501; Prid. 7). Coin fair, countermark better £20-£30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens.

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Francois Declos was a barber in Port of Spain. Halfpenny-sized copper coins from different countries were countermarked. There are many different examples of the FD countermark; many are very crude as the temptation to double the value of a coin by the addition of a simple FD countermark was very strong.