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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 491

Haiti?, Gourde, 21.2 g., an 1810 Joseph Napoleon 20 Reales, Madrid mint, with central piercing (1811), fine, rare, but with many cuts or adjustment marks to face and reverse shield prior to piercing Estimate £ 200-300 On the 27th June 1811 an edict was promulgated to cut holes in the centre of “Gourdes” (Dollar size coins) to try to prevent them leaving Haiti; the resultant ring was to pass at the value of the original whole coin. The weight reduction was to be 1/5th, and this coin weighs almost exactly 80% of the original complete coin.

Sold for
£520