The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, One Bitt, Ferdinand VI, a cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 2 Réales, Mexico City, rev. countermarked m raised within a square indent, 2.88g/44.4gr (cf. Prid. 6 [Sale, cf. lots 271-2]; cf. KM. 6.2). Coin better than fair, countermark nearly fine and probably a contemporary counterfeit; if so unusual on the correct Spanish-American cut segment, very rare £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 100 (part) [from Baldwin]