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LOT 4219
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Berlin mint.
FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned Imperial Eagle; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 78; Jaeger 9 Pr 84; KM 471; Davenport GT III 775. Extremely Fine.(18.44gr, 33mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4219
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR Vereinsthaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
Friedrich 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.
