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Auction 149 25 Sep 2018
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St Bartholomew (St Barts)
WORLD COINS, St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, a Spanish-American 2 Réales, pillar type, Mexico City, rev. countermarked crown/18/m raised within an elliptical indent, 5.56g/85.8gr (Olrog p.25, fig. 1; Burzio 481; cf. Prid. Montserrat 9; Zay 54; Howland Wood 27). Coin worn smooth, countermark fine, perhaps better, extremely rare
£1,000-1,500
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Provenance: Bt S. Adams 1982.
The coinage in St. Barts was so worn that disagreements arose as to the value. J.N. Morin, a local silversmith, was appointed to produce punches and countermark these worn coins with the correct value
WORLD COINS, St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Eighteen Stuivers, a Spanish-American 2 Réales, pillar type, Mexico City, rev. countermarked crown/18/m raised within an elliptical indent, 5.56g/85.8gr (Olrog p.25, fig. 1; Burzio 481; cf. Prid. Montserrat 9; Zay 54; Howland Wood 27). Coin worn smooth, countermark fine, perhaps better, extremely rare
£1,000-1,500
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Provenance: Bt S. Adams 1982.
The coinage in St. Barts was so worn that disagreements arose as to the value. J.N. Morin, a local silversmith, was appointed to produce punches and countermark these worn coins with the correct value