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Auction 149 25 Sep 2018
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Barbados (General West Indies)
WORLD COINS, Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, Philip V, a very light weight cut segment from a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1.04g/16.1gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, cf. lot 162]). Very fine £30-50
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Provenance: Bt New Netherlands 1973.
These very lightweight segments were fabricated in Birmingham and imported into Barbados c. 1789, where they passed off as a 'half segment' of a pistareen. The fabricator was able to get three of these segments from a pistareen and a segment from the centre (which found its way to the melting pot) equal in weight to the three side segments
WORLD COINS, Barbados (General West Indies), One Bitt, contemporary counterfeit, Philip V, a very light weight cut segment from a Spanish 2 Réales (Pistareen), 1.04g/16.1gr (Prid. 5 [Sale, cf. lot 162]). Very fine £30-50
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Provenance: Bt New Netherlands 1973.
These very lightweight segments were fabricated in Birmingham and imported into Barbados c. 1789, where they passed off as a 'half segment' of a pistareen. The fabricator was able to get three of these segments from a pistareen and a segment from the centre (which found its way to the melting pot) equal in weight to the three side segments