LOT 3483
German States. Hannover (Kingdom), Wilhelm IV AR Thaler. Dated 1834. Hanover mint. Ludwig August Brüel, Mint Master.
WILHELM IV KOENIG V. GR. BRIT. U. HANNOVER, bare head to right, B below / EIN THALER. XIV. EINE F. M., crowned coat-of-arms, date below. Edge inscription: NEC ASPERA TERRENT. AKS 62; Jaeger 8; KM 164; Davenport GT III 662. Good Very Fine.(22.07gr, 35mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3483
German States. Hannover (Kingdom), Wilhelm IV AR Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Bulgaria. Alexander I CU 10 Stotinki. Dated 1881. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
✶БЪЛГАРИЯ✶ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕ-ТО ПРАВИ СИЛА-ТА (Александър I), crowned and mantled coat-of-arms with supporters / 10 СТОТИНКИ 1881 in three lines within wreath; HEATON below. KM 3. NGC graded UNC DETAILS - ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (#8220117-003).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1953. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by ·E· PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. 12.46gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Empire. Abdul Mejid I CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 18 and AH 1255 (AD 1857). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Dormition of the Mother of God, of Vourgaro' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ١٨ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: Κ Θ Ε Β [ΚΟΙΜΗΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΒΟΥΡΓΑΡΟΥ (=Dormition of the Mother of God Church of Vourgaro)] in angles of cross. KM 670 (Turkey); Wilski G10-25. 21.09gr, 36mm.
Fine.
UK private collection. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage.
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