LOT 4179
Brazil. José I AE 40 Reis Countermarked on 20 Reis. Dated 1776, (countermarked 1809). Rio de Janeiro mint.
JOSEPHUS • I • D • G • P • ET • BRASIL • REX around crowned XX (denomination), date below; c/m: shield / PECUNIA • TOTUM CIRCUMIT • ORBEM around globe. KM 280. Good Fine.(15.03gr, 36mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Austria. Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia Empress AR Posthumous Taler. Dated 1780. Restrike.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
M · THERESIA · D · G · R · IMP · HU · BO · REG ·, veilied and crowned bust of Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg to right; S · F · below / ARCHID · AVST · DUX · BURG · CO · TYR · 1780 · ☓, coat of arms of Maria Theresia on double-crowned shield divided into four fields representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy, and Burgau (Günzburg); crowned inner shield with coat of arms of Austria; supported by crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle. Edge inscription: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA. KM T1; Yeoman 55; Gigante 2. 27.93gr, 41mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
The Maria Theresia Taler was originally struck in Austria between 1740 and 1780. It was the circulating currency of the Holy Roman Empire and its dominions, and it was one of the most important trade coins in Europe and the world. After the death of Maria Theresia in 1780, the coin continued to be minted until today, with the date frozen at 1780. It is estimated that until 2000, 389 million pieces were minted. As of 2024, it is still sold by the Vienna Mint (Numista note). -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned Imperial Eagle; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 78; Jaeger 9 Pr 84; KM 471; Davenport GT III 775. 18.44gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
India, British Colonial. George V AR Rupee. Dated 1918. Bombay mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING EMPEROR, crowned bust to left / ONE RUPEE INDIA 1918 یک روپیہ in five lines, within circle and wreath made of roses, thistle, shamrock leaves and lotus flowers; • beneath bottom lotus, indicating Bombay Mint. KM 524; SW 8.43; Prid 224. 11.68gr, 30mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
