CNG 99, Lot: 977. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARRIBEAN TERRITORIES, Guadeloupe. British Occupation. 1810-1816. AR 40 Sous – 2 Livres (26mm, 5.66 g). Contemporary counterfeit. Struck circa 1811. Crowned G within square cartouche countermarked on a Spanish 2 Reales dated 1780 M PJ. For countermark: cf. Pridmore 4; cf. Pridmore Collection 402 (same punch); cf. KM 20. For Host: ME 11600. Countermarks VF. Host Fine, toned.

Ex Baldwin’s 65 (5 May 2010), lot 1826.