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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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Franz Joseph I to right, KB (mintmark) below / Coat of arms of Hungary. KM 469. 25.23gr total.
Condition as seen.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Various dates. 108gr total.
Condition as seen.
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Virgin Islands Boxed Proof Set. Dated 1975.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Set in original box, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity. 322gr total.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
