271, Lot: 151. Estimate $2000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DOMINICA, Colonial. George III. King of Great Britain, 1760-1820. AR Dollar. Type IV. Authorized circa 1770-1772. Countermark: Heart-shaped central hole, with patterned border on sunken rim on both sides. Host coin: AR 8 Reales of Mexico. (40mm, 23.36 g, 12h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1771/0-FM. (flower) CAROLVS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned coat-of-arms; ·/F/M/(flower) to left, (flower)/8/(flower) to right / (flower) VTRAQUE VNUM (flower), crowned western and eastern hemispheres between crowned and banner-entwined Pillars of Hercules; all set upon waves; below, I77(I/0) between two flowers and two Mexico City mintmarks. Pridmore 16; KM 20 (as Martinique). Countermark: EF, Host Coin: Good VF, attractively toned. Rare, especially in this condition.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Paul Karon Collection (Part II, Spink 128, 7 October 1998), lot 464; John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts/Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 1168 (purchased privately from Jacques Schulman, 6 March 1923, for $30).