The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Six Escalins, contemporary counterfeit, a very lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. most likely countermarked with an incuse annulet (for Four Escalins), later countermarked with sl monogram twice raised within a rectangular indent and the original countermark obliterated with punch marks, 7.51g/115.9gr (Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76; Prid. 15, this coin). Coin fair, countermarks fine, very rare £500-600 Footnote Provenance: H.M. Lingford Collection [from Spink May 1943]; bt Baldwin 1982. A very blatant contemporary counterfeit raising the cut segment from four to six escalins. The sl countermarks are of a rather crude nature
The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins St Lucia, Issues of c. 1800-01, Six Escalins, contemporary counterfeit, a very lightweight cut half-segment of a Spanish-American 8 Réales, obv. most likely countermarked with an incuse annulet (for Four Escalins), later countermarked with sl monogram twice raised within a rectangular indent and the original countermark obliterated with punch marks, 7.51g/115.9gr (Lyall, SNC April 1984, p.76; Prid. 15, this coin). Coin fair, countermarks fine, very rare £500-600 Footnote Provenance: H.M. Lingford Collection [from Spink May 1943]; bt Baldwin 1982. A very blatant contemporary counterfeit raising the cut segment from four to six escalins. The sl countermarks are of a rather crude nature
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