LOT 4018
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. Dated 1889. London mint. Jubilee coinage.
Designs by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Bull 2589; ESC 299; SCBC 3921. Good Fine.(27.88gr, 38mm, 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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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II AR Maundy Money Set. Dated 2004.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising: Set of Four, Three, Two and One Penny denominations in a plastic Maundy coin box. 23.30gr total.
Uncirculated.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1743. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
GEORGIUS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right, date below. SCBC 3718. 9.75gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1744. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
GEORGIUS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right, date below. SCBC 3718. 9.46gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
