LOT 4207
German States. Free Imperial City of Frankfurt AR 2 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Frankfurt am Main mint.
Designs by August von Nordheim. FREIE STADT FRANKFURT, oak-wreathed bust of Francofurtia to right, A.v.NORDHEIM in small lettering on truncation / ZWEI VEREINSTHALER . XV EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned eagle with wings and talons spread facing to left; date below. Edge inscription: STARK IM RECHT. AKS 4; Jaeger 6 FHI 43; KM 365; Davenport GT III 651. Very Fine. Nicely toned.(36.95gr, 41mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4207
German States. Free Imperial City of Frankfurt AR 2 Vereinsthaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Group of Forty-Eight [48] World Coins in Lindner Tray. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various countries. 619gr total.
Condition as seen.
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This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces.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 The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista).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. Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Alexander AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
CARL ALEXANDER GROSSHERZOG VON SACHSEN, head to left, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, draped and crowned coat of arms; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT UND RECHT. AKS 33; Jaeger 11; KM 209. 18.34gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
