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Leeward Islands (excluding The Virgin Islands), ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, Brazil, Joseph I, counterfeit 6,400 Réis, 1766, Rio, a lightweight forgery made to the Leeward Island weight standard, 10.91g/168.4 gr/7.01 dwt (cf. Gordon p.29). About very fine, dull surfaces
£700-900
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: Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 788
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