LOT 4144
Austrian Empire. Franz Joseph I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. Vienna mint.
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FRANZ JOSEPH I · V · G · G · KAISER V · OESTERREICH, laureate head to right; A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFEUND FEIN, crowned imperial eagle; date below. Edge inscription: MIT VEREINTEN KRAEFTEN. KM 2245; Davenport ECT 26. Very Fine.(18.35gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Mexico, Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1860PF. Casa de Moneda de Guanajuato mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTAD surrounded by radiant display; denomination, mintmark, date, assayer's initials and purity below / REPUBLICA MEXICANA •, eagle, with wings spread and head to right, alighting to left on cactus and holding serpent in beak and right talon; laurel and oak wreath below. KM 377.8. 26.83gr, 38mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Germany. Third Reich AR 2 Reichsmark. Dated 1939. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
F. Krischker & A. Vocke, engravers. Eagle holding oak-wreath with swastika inside it; denomination across field, Deutsches Reich 1939 below / Paul von Hindenburg, large head of Paul von Hindenburg to right, A (mintmark) 1847-1934 behind. Edge inscription: Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz. KM 93; AKS 33; Jaeger 366. 8.04gr, 25mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1840. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date in exergue / HALF DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 62.1. 1.29gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
