LOT 4187
France, Fifth Republic AR 50 Francs. Dated 1977. Paris mint. "Hercule" type.
Designs by Augustin Dupré. LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ, The Liberty and the Equality with Hercules; Dupré below / REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, denomination within wreath, date below. KM 941. Almost Uncirculated.(30.00gr, 41mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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German States. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Friedrich Wilhelm AR Thaler. Dated 1870. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FRIEDRICH WILH. V. G. G. GROSSH. V. MECKLENB. STRL., head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN THALER XXX EIN P F. F., crowned coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy encircled by the Garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SCHIRME MECKLENBURG. AKS 71; Jaeger 4 MRWS 120; KM 100; Davenport GT III 732. 18.43gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
Friedrich Wilhelm married a granddaughter of Georg III and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria (1862), which allows him to add the famous garter to his Arms. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm II AR Thaler. Dated 1795. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
FRIED: WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN, bust to right / Crowned coat of arms supported by two wild men; below, denomination and mintmark dividing date. KM 360.1; Davenport GT II 2599. 21.88gr, 38mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AV Dollar. Dated 1850. Philadelphia mint. Liberty Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Designs by James Barton Longacre. Liberty Head to left, thirteen stars around / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, denomination above date, all within wreath. KM 73; Fr 84. 1.53gr, 13mm, 6h.
Fine. Pierced.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
