LOT 4150
Guernsey. Victoria AE 4 Doubles. Dated 1889. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
GUERNESEY, three lions on a shield, three leaves above / Denomination above date and mintmark. KM 5.3. Extremely Fine.(4.73gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1854. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick 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 81. 5.66gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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. 18.44gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR 1/6 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 5.10gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
