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. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1749. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GEORGIVS • 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 3719. 9.33gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
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Group of Two [2] Gibraltar, Elizabeth II AR Five Pounds. Dated 2005. Tower mint. Commemorative issues of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ELIZABETH II TRAFALGAR 2005, crowned bust to right / 1805 TRAFALGAR 2005 FIVE POUNDS, warship in full sail, another one in background. KM 1064. 69gr total.
Uncirculated.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double Florin. Dated 1890. London mint. Jubilee Coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; divided date above. Bull 2703; ESC 399; SCBC 3923. 22.05gr, 36mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
