THE ALAN HARLEY COLLECTION OF ... - Baldwin's
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1906 1907 1906 ��exico, ��exico City, Philip V, 8-Reales, (169)1, 27.1g, elongated bird shape, rev countermarked Sun over mountains, type II countermark, 1869 (��� -). Holed, good fine. £100-150 bought Simmons 1991 1907 Bolivia, Potosi, Charles III, 8-Reales, 1772, 26.21g, sun over mountains, type II countermark, 1869 (��� 100). Holed, very fine. £100-150 bought Sedwick 1993 Guatemala /St Eustasius, Leeward Islands 1908 1910 1911 1908 Guatemala, 8-Reales 1753, 26.46g, obv countermarked sun above mountains, rev P in a beaded border struck twice overlapping. Fine, unrecorded. £100-200 bought Almanzar 1976 see Numismatic Circular, Nov 1992, where the P mark is discussed and this piece is illustrated Haiti 1909 Lima(?), ½-Real, 1708, cut down, obv countermarked with crowned C and anchor = Le Cap (1781) ½-Escalin (��� 7.1). Good fine and very rare. £250-300 ex Norweb, Christie’s 1985, lot 839, �aron, Superior 1992, lot 172, �aron 1996 1910 Lima or Potosi, 2-Reales, 1740, cut down and countermarked, obv crowned C anchor - Le Cap (1781), Escalin, 2.36g (��� 8.1, the plate coin). Good fine and very rare. £250-300 ex John J Ford collection, Glendining 1989 (£430), Spink auction 9 August 1991, lot 1681 India(?) 1909 1911 Spain, Seville, Philip IV, 8-Reales, 1622, 27.16g, rev countermarked with Portuguese style cross in a square punch, possibly Portuguese India at the end of the 17 th century. Very fine, unrecorded. £150-200 Ponterio auction 4 April 1997, lot 3657 this is not a certain attribution but there is a long tradition of countermarking in India and so such marking is to be expected
1912 Lima, Charles IV, 8-Reales, portrait type, 1791 F��, 26.94g, obv countermarked DC in a frame struck with a rusty punch. Good very fine. £150-200 bought André de Clermont 1998 a small group of these originating from India was on the market in the mid 1990s Ireland 1913 Bank Dollar of Six Shillings, 1804, overstruck on portrait 8-Reales. Good fine. £100-150 bought Format 1990 Jamaica 1914 1915 1914 Santo Domingo, Charles and Joanna, Copper 4-��aravedis, countermarked anchor. Very fine. £40-60 ex �aron collection, Superior 1995 and Sedwick 1996 1915 ��exico, ��exico City, Ferdinand VI, 8-Reales, 1754 ����, 36.58g, countermarked “GR” both sides (��� 8.4). Good fine. £200-300 ex Patterson sale, Bonhams 16-17 July 1996, lot 620 Mexico 1916 ��exico, Chihuahua, 8-Reales, 1813 C RP, cast double impression, 29.75g, countermarked “T” incuse and crowned pillars and pomegranate, marked at time of issue (��� 123). Fine. £30-50 bought in ��anilla 1996
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- Page 3 and 4: 1770 French made coin weight to wei
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- Page 7 and 8: 1796 1797 1796 ��exico City, Ph
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- Page 17 and 18: 1869 Chile, Santiago, Charles IV, 8
- Page 19 and 20: 1880 1881 1880 Peru, Lima, 4-Reales
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- Page 29 and 30: 1931 1932 1931 Java, Rupee, 1232 AH
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1906<br />
1907<br />
1906 ��exico, ��exico City, Philip V, 8-Reales, (169)1, 27.1g, elongated bird shape, rev countermarked Sun over<br />
mountains, type II countermark, 1869 (��� -). Holed, good fine. £100-150<br />
bought Simmons 1991<br />
1907 Bolivia, Potosi, Charles III, 8-Reales, 1772, 26.21g, sun over mountains, type II countermark, 1869 (���<br />
100). Holed, very fine. £100-150<br />
bought Sedwick 1993<br />
Guatemala /St Eustasius, Leeward Islands<br />
1908 1910 1911<br />
1908 Guatemala, 8-Reales 1753, 26.46g, obv countermarked sun above mountains, rev P in a beaded border<br />
struck twice overlapping. Fine, unrecorded. £100-200<br />
bought Almanzar 1976<br />
see Numismatic Circular, Nov 1992, where the P mark is discussed and this piece is illustrated<br />
Haiti<br />
1909 Lima(?), ½-Real, 1708, cut down, obv countermarked with crowned C and anchor = Le Cap (1781)<br />
½-Escalin (��� 7.1). Good fine and very rare. £250-300<br />
ex Norweb, Christie’s 1985, lot 839, �aron, Superior 1992, lot 172, �aron 1996<br />
1910 Lima or Potosi, 2-Reales, 1740, cut down and countermarked, obv crowned C anchor - Le Cap (1781),<br />
Escalin, 2.36g (��� 8.1, the plate coin). Good fine and very rare. £250-300<br />
ex John J Ford collection, Glendining 1989 (£430), Spink auction 9 August 1991, lot 1681<br />
India(?)<br />
1909<br />
1911 Spain, Seville, Philip IV, 8-Reales, 1622, 27.16g, rev countermarked with Portuguese style cross in a<br />
square punch, possibly Portuguese India at the end of the 17 th century. Very fine, unrecorded. £150-200<br />
Ponterio auction 4 April 1997, lot 3657<br />
this is not a certain attribution but there is a long tradition of countermarking in India and so such marking is to be expected