271, Lot: 152. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DOMINICA, Colonial. George III. King of Great Britain, 1760-1820. AR 16 Bitts. Authorized August 1813. Countermarks: (1) Serrated and beveled circular central hole; (2) Dome-shaped counterstamp 16 surmounted by crown (on obverse and reverse). Host coin: AR 8 Reales of Mexico. (40mm, 23.36 g, 12h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1785-FM. • CAROLUS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate, draped, and armored bust of Carlos III right; 1785 below / • HISPAN • ET IND • REX • Mo • 8R • F • M •, crowned coat-of-arms between banner-entwined Pillars of Hercules. Pridmore 24; KM 8.2. Countermark: VF, Host Coin: Near VF, toned. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Paul Karon Collection (Part II, Spink 128, 7 October 1998), lot 466; John Jay Ford Jr. Collection (Glendining, 16 October 1989), lot 92.