LOT 4189
German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR 2 Thalers or 3 1/2 Gulden. Dated 1846. Berlin mint.
FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, bare head to right; mintmark below / 2 THALER VII EINE F. MARK 3 1/2 GULDEN and VEREINS 18-46 MÜNZE, draped and crowned coat of arms. KM 440; AKS 69; Thun 253. Good Very Fine. Toned.(36.97gr, 41mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4189
German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR 2 Thalers or 3 1/2 Gulden.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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United States of America CU One Cent. Dated 1848. Philadelphia mint. "Liberty Head - Braided Hair" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Design by Christian Gobrecht. Head of Liberty to left, date below, thirteen stars around / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around, ONE CENT within wreath. KM 67. 10.53gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
By inheritance. Property of a Lincolnshire lady. -
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Kopeks. Dated 1912. Countermarked on 50 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. 10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs. -
Italy. Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano), Pius XI AR 10 Lire. Dated 1934.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by Aurelio Mistruzzi. PIVS XI PONT· MAX · A · XIII, bust to left; MISTRVZZI A · MOTTI · INC in small lettering in two lines below / STATO DELLA CITTA' DEL VATICANO, Virgin and Child, Queen of Peace, REGINA PACIS below, denomination and date flanking. KM 8; Berman 3354. 9.97gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
