LOT 4214
German States. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Friedrich Wilhelm AR Thaler. Dated 1870. Berlin mint.
FRIEDRICH WILH. V. G. G. GROSSH. V. MECKLENB. STRL., head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN THALER XXX EIN P F. F., crowned coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy encircled by the Garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SCHIRME MECKLENBURG. AKS 71; Jaeger 4 MRWS 120; KM 100; Davenport GT III 732. Good Very Fine.(18.43gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
FootnotesFriedrich Wilhelm married a granddaughter of Georg III and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria (1862), which allows him to add the famous garter to his Arms.
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LOT 4214
German States. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Friedrich Wilhelm AR Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1867. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned imperial eagle, date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 99; Jaeg 9 Pr 96; KM 494. 18.36gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Hungary. Francis Joseph I AR Forint. Dated 1869. Alba Iulia in Romania, mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FERENCZ JÓZSEF A. CSÁSZÁR, head to right, G Y.F. (mintmark) below / MAGYAR ORSZÁG AP. KIRÁLYA 1869, curved twofold Hungarian small coat of arms, flying angels holding St. Stephen's crown above; denomination below. Edge inscription: BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN (my trust is ancient virtues). ÉH 1463b; KM 449.2. 12.16gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
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Group of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine [129] World Coins in Three Album Leaf's. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various countries. 528gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
