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Total Lots Found: 376

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Lot 1

Countermarked series, c. 1810-20, Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1809th, Mexico City, military bust, obv. countermarked with crowned gr raised within a square indent with rounded corners, 26.68g/411.7gr (Prid. 1 [Sale, lot 153]; KM. 1.2). Coin and countermark very fine but countermark weak at the top, rare £100-150

Sold for £330

Lot 2

——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with crowned gr raised within a square indent, 26.89g/414.9gr (cf. Prid. 1; KM. –). Coin very fine, countermark better and a very crude version of Prid. 1, rare £100-150

Sold for £200

Lot 3

——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1809th, Mexico City, military bust, obv. countermarked with crowned gr raised within an oval indent, 25.90g/399.7gr (Prid. 2 [Sale, lot 154, this coin]; KM. 2). Coin fair with very scratched surfaces, countermark fine, rare £60-80

Sold for £130

Lot 4

——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned gr, 26.89g/414.9gr (Prid. 3 [Sale, lot 155]; KM. 4.1). Coin and countermark very fine, rare £150-200

Sold for £160

Lot 5

——— Brazil, John VI, 960 Réis, 1820r, Rio, overstamped on a Spanish-American 8 Réales previously countermarked with incuse crowned gr, as the previous lot, 26.59g/410.3gr (cf. Prid. 3; KM. –). Coin very fine, countermark visible on the obverse near the centre, extremely rare £700-900

Sold for £780

Lot 6

——— Dollar, MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1805th, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned gr, 26.68g/411.7gr (countermark type not recorded in Prid.). Coin fine or better, countermark very fine, possibly a modern concoction £90-120

Sold for £50

Lot 7

——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1818jj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with incuse crowned gr, 26.90g/415.1gr (countermark type not recorded in Prid.; Burzio pl. 233, this coin). Coin and countermark good very fine and attractively toned, possibly a modern concoction £100-150

Sold for £340

Lot 8

Authority of November 1758, Dollar (valued at Six Shillings and Eightpence), MEXICO, Philip V, 8 Réales, 1738mf, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 26.53g/409.4 gr (Prid. 4 [Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.4). Coin about fine, countermark better, rare on an early host coin £300-350

Sold for £780

Lot 9

——— Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, obv. later countermarked crowned gp raised within a circular indent, for Azores (c. 1887), 26.73g/412.5gr (cf. Prid. 4 [Sale, cf. lot 167]; KM. 8.3). Fine, extremely rare £900-1,200

Sold for £1,600

Lot 10

——— Dollar, spanish captaincy-general of GUATEMALA, Ferdinand VI, 8 Réales, 1758j, Guatemala, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, but from the smaller punch used on the Half-Dollar (4 Réales), 26.75g/412.8gr (cf. Prid. 4 [cf. Sale, lot 167]; KM. 8.1). About extremely fine but an attempted piercing for suspension near the edge, the combination of host coin and Half-Dollar punch extremely rar...

Sold for £2,000

Lot 11

——— Half-Dollar (valued at Three Shillings and Fourpence), MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 13.21g/203.8gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Fine, rare £400-600

Sold for £780

Lot 12

——— Half-Dollar, MEXICO, Ferdinand VI, 4 Réales, 1758mm, Mexico City, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 13.19g/203.5gr (Prid. 5 [not in Sale]; KM. 7). Fine, rare £400-600

Sold for £750

Lot 13

——— Quarter-Dollar (valued at One Shilling and Eight Pence), viceroyalty of peru, Ferdinand VI, 2 Réales, 1755jm, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 6.41g/98.9gr (Prid. 6 [Sale, lot 168]; KM 4.5). Obverse fair, reverse fine £150-200

Sold for £260

Lot 14

——— Réal (valued at Ten Pence), viceroyalty of peru, Ferdinand VI, Réal, 1757jm, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 3.21g/49.5gr (Prid. 7 [Sale, lot 169]; KM. 3). Fine, toned £120-150

Sold for £270

Lot 15

——— Half-Réal (valued at Five Pence), viceroyalty of peru, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1758jm, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 1.45g/22.3gr (Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 171]; KM. 1.3). Fair or better £100-150

Sold for £55

Lot 16

——— Half-Réal, viceroyalty of peru, Ferdinand VI, Half-Réal, 1758jm, Lima, both sides centrally countermarked with floriate gr raised within a circular indent, 1.44g/22.2 gr (Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 171]; KM 1.3). Fair £90-120

Sold for £100

Lot 17

Act of 31 December 1772, Eight Escudos, viceroyalty of peru, Philip V, cob 8 Escudos, 1745 or 1746v, Lima, obv. countermarked with script gc raised within a shaped indent and a cayman or alligator raised within a shaped indent on a large central plug, rev. wi lightly engraved on the plug, 26.90g/415.1gr (Gordon 3a, this coin; Prid. 3; KM. 12.2, this coin). Coin fine or better, double-struck with a flan crack, heavily clipped prior to the plug bei...

Sold for £9,200

Lot 18

MEXICO, Maximilian, Peso, 1866, Mexico City, rev. countermarked with incuse key (long variety), 26.81g/413.7gr (KM. R6; cf. Guttag 3385). Fine, toned £150-200

Sold for £700

Lot 19

MEXICO, Second Republic, Peso, 1872, Guanajuato, obv. countermarked with incuse key (short variety), 26.97g/416.2gr (KM. R7). About very fine £90-120

Sold for £800

Lot 20

MEXICO, Second Republic, 4 Réales, 1869ps, Potosi, obv. countermarked with incuse key (long variety), 13.05g/201.3gr (KM. R2; cf. Guttag 3300). Coin fair, countermark fine £60-80

Sold for £35

Lot 21

MEXICO, First Republic, 2 Réales, 1848om, Zacatecas, obv. countermarked with incuse key (long variety), 6.33g/97.6gr (KM. R1). Fair, rare £40-50

Sold for £200

Lot 22

Authority of July 1781, One Escalin, a Spanish-American cob 2 Réales trimmed to a round shape, obv. countermarked with a c on a crowned anchor raised within a shaped indent, 2.40g/37.0 gr (VG 4; Rudman p.8; KM 8.1). About fine, very rare £300-400

Sold for £500

Lot 23

——— One Escalin, a Spanish-American cob Réal, 1714, trimmed to a round shape, rev. countermarked with a c on a crowned anchor raised within a shaped indent, 2.20g/34.0 gr (VG 4; Rudman p.8; KM 8.2). About fine, very rare £300-400

Sold for £700

Lot 24

——— Half-Escalin, a Spanish-American cob Réal, trimmed to a round shape, obv. countermarked with a c on a crowned anchor raised within a shaped indent, 1.18g/18.2 gr (VG 2; Rudman p.8; KM 7.2). About fine, very rare £300-400

Sold for £460

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