LOT 4192
German States. Baden (Grand Duchy), Friedrich I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1868. Karlsruhe mint.
FRIEDRICH GROSHERZOG VON BADEN, head to left / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned shield with supporters within crowned mantle; date below. Edge inscription: MUNZVERTRAG VOM 24 JANUAR 1857. AKS 124; Jaeger 2 AB 85; KM 245; Davenport GT III 531. Extremely Fine.(18.53gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4192
German States. Baden (Grand Duchy), Friedrich I AR Vereinsthaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Austrian Empire. Franz Joseph I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. Vienna mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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. 18.35gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista). -
German States. Hannover (Kingdom), Georg V AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Hanover mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Theodor Wilhelm Brüel, Mint Master. Designs by Heinrich Friedrich Brehmer. GEORG V v. G. G. KOENIG v. HANNOVER, head to left, BREHMER • F • in small lettering on truncation; B below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat of arms supported by lion and unicorn; date below. Edge inscription: NEC ASPERA TERRENT. AKS 144; Jaeger 8 HB 96; KM 230; Davenport GT III 682. 18.30gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
