Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1471. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GUADELOUPE, British Occupation. 1810-1813. AR 9 Livres. Crowned G countermark on obverse and reverse of Mexico 8 Reales from Mexico city mint, dated 1796 (KM 109), with central hole / Wood fig. 50-1; KM 25. Host coin Good Fine, countermarks Near VF.

The metal cut from these coins was used to strike AR 20 Sous pieces (cf. Wood fig. 52). For a coin of Dominica made from a similar process, see lot 1451, above.