LOT 4238
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR 1/3 Thaler. Dated 1865. Dresden mint.
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. Very Fine.(5.26gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4238
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR 1/3 Thaler.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Guernsey. Victoria AE 4 Doubles. Dated 1889. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
GUERNESEY, three lions on a shield, three leaves above / Denomination above date and mintmark. KM 5.3. 4.73gr, 27mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1855. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date with arrows below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM 82. 12.29gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Frederick II AR 1/3 Thaler. Dated 1777. Wrocław mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 8.06gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From 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.
