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Auction 149 25 Sep 2018
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WORLD COINS, Sierra Leone, Authorisation not traced, but believed to be c. 1832, Half-Dollar (presumably valued at Twenty-Six Pence), a Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1796mf, Madrid, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 13.03g/201.1gr (Vice FT 1; KM. 13; cf. Roehrs 359). Coin fair, perhaps better, but with small piercing at top edge, countermark fine, extremely rare; only two other specimens recorded £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: Bt W. Tankersley 2013.
Vice states that countermarked half-dollars did not circulate in Sierra Leone and he suggests the specimen he illustrates could be unique and is thought to be a test piece. The fact that other specimens exist suggests this is an issue that saw circulation
WORLD COINS, Sierra Leone, Authorisation not traced, but believed to be c. 1832, Half-Dollar (presumably valued at Twenty-Six Pence), a Charles IIII, 4 Réales, 1796mf, Madrid, obv. countermarked with crowned wr incuse, 13.03g/201.1gr (Vice FT 1; KM. 13; cf. Roehrs 359). Coin fair, perhaps better, but with small piercing at top edge, countermark fine, extremely rare; only two other specimens recorded £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: Bt W. Tankersley 2013.
Vice states that countermarked half-dollars did not circulate in Sierra Leone and he suggests the specimen he illustrates could be unique and is thought to be a test piece. The fact that other specimens exist suggests this is an issue that saw circulation