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St Bartholomew (St Barts)
WORLD COINS, St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, a George III, Shilling, 1816, obv. countermarked crown/14/m, raised within an elliptical indent, 5.26g/81.2gr (cf. Olrog p.25, fig. 2; Prid. –; KM. 11 var). Coin nearly very fine but holed near the edge, countermark very fine (worn punch state), extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded on a George III Shilling £800-1,000
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Provenance: Bt J.G. Scott 2004.
Nicholas Morin was responsible for stamping coins so worn that it was difficult to recognise the proper value. In this case the coin was undoubtedly stamped as the host coin would have been unfamiliar to the local population
WORLD COINS, St Bartholomew (St Barts), Authority of 30 December 1808, Fourteen Stuivers, a George III, Shilling, 1816, obv. countermarked crown/14/m, raised within an elliptical indent, 5.26g/81.2gr (cf. Olrog p.25, fig. 2; Prid. –; KM. 11 var). Coin nearly very fine but holed near the edge, countermark very fine (worn punch state), extremely rare; only one other specimen recorded on a George III Shilling £800-1,000
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Provenance: Bt J.G. Scott 2004.
Nicholas Morin was responsible for stamping coins so worn that it was difficult to recognise the proper value. In this case the coin was undoubtedly stamped as the host coin would have been unfamiliar to the local population