LOT 4156
Hong Kong. Edward VII CU Cent. Dated 1905. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR, crown bust to right; DES in small lettering beneath truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, mintmark above, denomination and date below. KM 11; Schön 1. Uncirculated.(7.62gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Maximilian II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. MAXIMILIAN II KŒNIG V. BAYERN, head to right, C. VOIGT in small lettering beneath truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER ✿ XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned arms with supporters; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE BAYERN. AKS 149; Jaeger 5 Bay 94; KM 852; Davenport GT III 606. 18.15gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Attractively toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Free Imperial City of Frankfurt AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1860. Frankfurt am Main mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by August von Nordheim. FREIE STADT FRANKFURT, oak-wreathed bust of Francofurtia to right, A.v.NORDHEIM in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned eagle with wings and talons spread facing to left; date below. Edge inscription: STARK IM RECHT. AKS 8; Jaeger 6 FHI 41; KM 360; Davenport GT III 649. 18.41gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1857. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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 below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM A64.2. 6.19gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
