LOT 4230
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm II AR 5 Mark. Dated 1914. Berlin mint.
WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG VON PREUSSEN, uniformed bust to right, A (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1914 ★ FÜNF MARK ★, crowned eagle facing with wings spread, head to left; collared coat-of-arms on breast. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 536; Jaeger 114; Davenport 791. Near Extremely Fine. Toned.(27.71gr, 38mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Austrian Empire. Franz Joseph I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. Vienna mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FRANZ JOSEPH I · V · G · G · KAISER V · OESTERREICH, laureate head to right; A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFEUND FEIN, crowned imperial eagle; date below. Edge inscription: MIT VEREINTEN KRAEFTEN. KM 2245; Davenport ECT 26. 18.35gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista). -
India. Mughal Empire, Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan AR Rupee. Dated AH 1064 and RY 28 (AD 1653/4). Lahore mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Legend within square and in margins / Legend within square and in margins. KM 235.17. 11.40gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
