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Auction 149 25 Sep 2018
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Guadeloupe
WORLD COINS, Guadeloupe, British Administration: Decree of May 1811, Forty-Five Sou Moco, contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), cut from the obv. with crenated edges, obv. twice countermarked with crowned g raised within a shaped indent, rev. twice countermarked with crowned g retrograde raised within a shaped indent, 6.13g/94.6gr (cf. Prid. 15-21 [Sale, cf. lots 409-12]; VG 28; KM. 34). Coin fair, countermarks fine £150-200
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Provenance: Bt 1981.
An interesting piece in that the weight is somewhat heavy, and for the two types of countermarks
WORLD COINS, Guadeloupe, British Administration: Decree of May 1811, Forty-Five Sou Moco, contemporary counterfeit, Charles IIII, a cut quarter-segment of the Nine Livre Dollar (after the central square plug had been removed), cut from the obv. with crenated edges, obv. twice countermarked with crowned g raised within a shaped indent, rev. twice countermarked with crowned g retrograde raised within a shaped indent, 6.13g/94.6gr (cf. Prid. 15-21 [Sale, cf. lots 409-12]; VG 28; KM. 34). Coin fair, countermarks fine £150-200
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Provenance: Bt 1981.
An interesting piece in that the weight is somewhat heavy, and for the two types of countermarks