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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.).
Provenance
From 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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