LOT 4250
German States. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernst II AR 1/6 Thaler. Dated 1869. Dresden mint. Commemorative issue for 25th Anniversary of the Reign of Duke Ernst II.
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. ERNST HERZOG V. SACHSEN COBURG U. GOTHA, head to left, B below / ✶ 6 EINEN THALER 180 EIN PFUND F. around DEN 29 IANUAR 1869 in three lines. Edge inscription: ✶ FIDELITER ✶ ET ✶ CONSTANTER. AKS 118; Jaeg 11 Sac 297; KM 150. Near Extremely Fine.(5.26gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4250
German States. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernst II AR 1/6 Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Group of Three [3] AR One and Two and Half Netherlands Guilders. 1923, 1956 & 1960.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: various dates as seen. 40gr total, 28-33mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces.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 The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista). -
West Africa(?) Spearhead Money. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Spear blade in the form of a long leaf, used as currency until the use of coins in the 19th century, issued by the local cultures. Cf. National Museum of American History, ID Number: NU.79.112.OC133. 1.55gr, 54mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman; formed from the early 2000s.
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