The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, obv. countermarked m raised within a shaped indent, 1.67g/25.8gr (cf. Prid. 8 [Sale, cf. lots 274-5]; KM. 1). Coin and countermark very fine, the countermark a contemporary counterfeit £80-100

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

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Provenance: Found on Montserrat; H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 12, 19 November 1980, lot 145 (part); bt Spink 1981