LOT 4216
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Frederick II AR 1/3 Thaler. Dated 1777. Wrocław mint.
FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX, laureate head to right / 3 EINEN REICHS THALER 1777 B(mintmark) in six lines within palm and laurel branches. KM 329; Neumann Baltic 507; Schön DM 150. Good Fine.(8.06gr, 30mm, 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 4216
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Frederick II AR 1/3 Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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German States. Württemberg (Kingdom), Karl I AR Thaler. Dated 1870-1871. Stuttgart mint. Commemorating the victorious conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by Christian Schnitzspahn. KARL KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG, head to right, C. SCHNITZSPAHN in small lettering on truncation / MIT GOTT DURCH KAMPF ZU SIEG UND EINIGUNG, Victory standing to left on arms, raising hand and holding quill; date below, C. SCH. F. in small lettering to left. Edge inscription: XXX EIN PFUND FEIN. AKS 132; Jaeger 1 Wu 86; KM 620; Davenport GT III 962. 18.44gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1858. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM A64.2. 6.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR 1/3 Thaler. Dated 1865. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. IOHANN V. G. G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, head to left, B below / 6 EINEN THALER 180 EIN PFUND F., crowned coat of arms; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 142; Jaeger 10 SW 113; KM 1205. 5.26gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
