TORTOLA, issue of 1801, type I countermark, half-dollar, a cut half segment of a Charles III, Mexico City Mint, eight reales 1794 FM countermarked in the obverse TORTOLA in relief in a shaped indent (Pr. punch b; KM.7) (13.58g). Fine, countermark very fine.
Ex Mark E. Freehill Collection, from the Hopkins Hoard with Spink ticket.