LOT 4205
German States. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Georg III AR 24 Mariengroschen or 2/3 Thaler. Dated 1786. Zellerfeld mint.
GEORG · III · D · G · M · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REX · F · D · around, 17-86 across field, 2/3 FEIN SILB· beneath crowned arms / BR · ET · LVN · DVX · S · R · I · A · TH · ET · EL · around, 24 (mark of value) in right field, C· in exergue, wildman with tree in hand. Welter 2813; KM 385. Very Fine.(13.05gr, 33mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 4205
German States. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Georg III AR 24 Mariengroschen or 2/3 Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Poland (Kingdom). Alexander I AV 50 Zlotys Polskich. Dated 1819. Warsaw mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
ALEXANDER I • CESARZ SA • W • ROS• KRÓL • POLSKI, bare head to right / 50 ZŁOT • POLSK • 26 Z GRZ • CZ • KOL, two-headed Russian eagle beneath imperial crown; on breast, shield with the Polish eagle; I• B• flanking, date below. Gumowski 2531; Craig 103. 9.81gr, 23.5mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Mexico, Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1860PF. Casa de Moneda de Guanajuato mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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 377.8. 26.83gr, 38mm, 6h.
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. Bavaria (Kingdom), Ludwig II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1871. München mint. "Madonnentaler" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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. 18.49gr, 33mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
