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LOT 3722
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. 1556-1598.
Potosí mint; uncertain date. Assayer A. Cob issue. Crowned Hapsburg coat-of-arms; P A to left, O VIII to right / Arms of Castille and Leon in quarters of Jerusalem cross, all within ornate quadrilobe. S P11; KM 5.1; Cal 674. Very Fine. Double obverse struck. Very rare assayer.(26.84gr, 38mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
FootnotesLikely recovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck.
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LOT 3722
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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United States of America AR Dollar. Dated 1896.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Philadelphia mint. Morgan type. Design by George Thomas Morgan. E • PLURIBUS • UNUM, thirteen stars divided by date below Morgan style Liberty Head / ✶ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ✶ ONE DOLLAR aroun, IN GOD WE TRUST above eagle clutching laurel and arrows, laurel sprays around. KM 110. 26.53gr, 38mm, 6h.
Near Mint State. Coin stored in quickslab coin capsule.
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex property of a County Durham collector. -
United States of America AR Dollar. Dated 1889.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
Philadelphia mint. Morgan type. Designs by George Thomas Morgan. E • PLURIBUS • UNUM, thirteen stars divided by date below Morgan style Liberty Head / ✶ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ✶ ONE DOLLAR, IN GOD WE TRUST above eagle clutching laurel and arrows, laurel sprays around. KM 110. 26.64gr, 38mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Sweden. Pomerania(?) AE 12mm. 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Legend around unidentified figure / Legend around crown. 0.43gr, 12mm.
Near Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector.
