CNG 90, Lot: 2311. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JAMAICA, Colonial. George II. King of Great Britain, 1727-1760. AR Half Dollar. Authorized 1758. Countermark: Circular counterstamp with floriate G·R (on obverse and reverse). Host coin: AR 4 Reales of Mexico. (33mm, 12.70 g, 12 h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1758. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned western and eastern hemispheres between crowned and banner-entwined Pillars of Hercules; all set upon waves. Pridmore 5; KM 7. Countermark: Good VF, Host Coin: Fine, toned. Rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Spink 128 (7 October 1998), lot 470.