Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2015 ANA Auction - Sessions B-C 14 August 2015
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THE ATTECK FAMILY COLLECTION OF WEST INDIES HOLEY DOLLARS. Guadeloupe. 9 Livres (9 Shillings), ND (Authorized May 9, 1811). NGC VG-8.
23.08 gms (356.17 grains). cf.KM-35 (host date not listed); Prid-2; EL-G1; Gad-30; VG-1041. Lima, Peru 8 Reales, 1781 with a central square cutout of 12 crenations. Raised crowned "G" countermarked within shaped indent applied to obverse at 1 o'clock and reverse at 5 o'clock. In accordance with other British islands the removed central segment and dollar were to circulate as separate coins. When authorized the amount to be cut and stamped was 10,000 Spanish dollars with the removed segments being 1/9 of the total weight. The central crenated cutout segments were given a declared value of 20 Sous (1 Shilling) and were stamped with a radiant "G". When the colony returned to French rule in 1816, steps were taken to remove the cut monies of the previous administration. It wasn't until May of the following year that the cut segments were demonetized. However, some of the dollars continued to circulate until 1858 before they were finally withdrawn. Crowned "G" countermark with die crack from lower left hand corner of indent upwards at an angle connecting to "G". Heavily worn as would be expected for this longtime circulating issue with several scratches on the obverse and a linear planchet lamination on the reverse, cleaned long ago. Countermarks FINE, host coin NGC VG-8.
From the Atteck Family Collection.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00
23.08 gms (356.17 grains). cf.KM-35 (host date not listed); Prid-2; EL-G1; Gad-30; VG-1041. Lima, Peru 8 Reales, 1781 with a central square cutout of 12 crenations. Raised crowned "G" countermarked within shaped indent applied to obverse at 1 o'clock and reverse at 5 o'clock. In accordance with other British islands the removed central segment and dollar were to circulate as separate coins. When authorized the amount to be cut and stamped was 10,000 Spanish dollars with the removed segments being 1/9 of the total weight. The central crenated cutout segments were given a declared value of 20 Sous (1 Shilling) and were stamped with a radiant "G". When the colony returned to French rule in 1816, steps were taken to remove the cut monies of the previous administration. It wasn't until May of the following year that the cut segments were demonetized. However, some of the dollars continued to circulate until 1858 before they were finally withdrawn. Crowned "G" countermark with die crack from lower left hand corner of indent upwards at an angle connecting to "G". Heavily worn as would be expected for this longtime circulating issue with several scratches on the obverse and a linear planchet lamination on the reverse, cleaned long ago. Countermarks FINE, host coin NGC VG-8.
From the Atteck Family Collection.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00