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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Mexico. Federal Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1834OM. Casa de Moneda de Zacatecas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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 377.13. 26.45gr, 38mm, 12h.
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. -
German States. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Georg II AR 2/3 Thaler. Dated 1737.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Christian Philipp Spangenberg, Mint Master. NEC ASPERA TERRENT, horse leaping to left; date and C.P.S in exergue / GEORG·II·D·G·M·BRIT·F&H·REX·F·D·B&L·D·S·R·I·A·I&E·, crowned coat of arms; 2/3 FEIN SILB: below. KM 227. 12.69gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich III AR 5 Mark. Dated 1888. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FRIEDRICH DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below. DEUTSCHES REICH 1888 ★ FÜNF MARK ★, crowned eagle facing with wings spread, head to left; collared coat-of-arms on breast. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 512; Jaeger 99; Davenport 787. 27.59gr, 38mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
