Foreign Coins, Cut and Countermarked, British Guiana, Essequibo and Demerara, silver 3 bitts (1808), central segment of 8 reales, crenated edge, countermarked E&D/3. BTS raised within a beaded circle, wt. 4.46gms. (KM.1; Pr.3), struck off centre, good very fine, rare
Estimate: (1000-1250 GBP) *ex The R.J Ford Collection, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, Lot 405, ex The Climpson Collection, Noble Auction, 25 July 2007