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271, Lot: 147. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRITISH GUIANA, Colonial (as Demerary & Essequibo). George III. King of Great Britain, 1760-1820. AR 3 Guilders. Authorized 9 December 1808. Countermarks: (1) Serrated circular central hole; (2) Oval counterstamp with E· & ·D/3·G·L in two lines and within pelleted border (on obverse). Host coin: AR 8 Reales of Mexico. (40mm, 21.68 g, 12h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1793-FM. • CAROLUS • IIII • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate, draped, and armored bust of Carlos IV right; 1793 below / • HISPAN • ET IND • REX • Mo • 8R • F • M •, crowned coat-of-arms between banner-entwined Pillars of Hercules. Pridmore 2; KM -. Countermark: Near EF, Host Coin: VF, toned. Extremely rare.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Paul Karon Collection (Part II, Spink 128, 7 October 1998), lot 458; John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts/Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 1208; Ferdinand David Collection (Part I, Jacques Schulman, 11 March 1930), lot 561.