LOT 4199
German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Ludwig II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1871. München mint. "Madonnentaler" type.
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. LVDOVICVS II BAVARIAE REX, head to right, C.VOIGT in small lettering below / PATRONA BAVARIÆ, nimbate seated figures of Saint Mary with Child, seated over crescent moon on clouds; date below. Edge inscription: XXX EIN PFUND FEIN. AKS 176; Jaeger 5 Bay 107; KM 877. Uncirculated.(18.49gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4199
German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Ludwig II AR Vereinsthaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1856. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM 68. 12.23gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Friedrich August III AR 3 Mark. Dated 1913. Muldenhütten mint. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Designs by Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. 18. OKTOBER ✶1813 = 1913✶, Völkerschlachtdenkmal, E (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1913, crowned imperial eagle with shield on breast; denomination below. KM 1275; Jaeger 140; AKS 190. 16.69gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
The Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations) is a colossal monument in Leipzig, Germany, commemorating the pivotal 1813 Battle of Leipzig where Napoleon's forces were defeated by a coalition of European powers. -
Russian Empire. Nicholas II Copper-Nickel Pattern-25 Kopeks. Dated 1911. Saint Petersburg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,760
Crowned double-headed imperial eagle, ribbons on crown, Э Б flanking, date below / РОССIЙСКАЯ МОНЕТА above and 25 КОПѢЕКЪ beneath large 25. KM Pn164; Bitkin 351 (R3). 8.33gr, 25mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Extremely rare pattern coin.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
