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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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1859. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 6.07gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Free City of Augsburg, Ferdinand II AR 2 Kreuzer. Dated 1625. Augsburg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVGVSTA . VINDELICORVM, pine cone dividing date / FERDINAND : II . D : G. ROM . IMP . S . AVG, crowned double-headed eagle with the value "2" in its centre. KM A16. 1.12gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, London. -
German States. Münster (Bishopric), Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels AR 1/6 Thaler. Dated 1764. Münster mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Jacob Kohlhass, Mint Master. MAX • FRID • D • G • A • E • C • & E • E • MONAST • S • R • I • P •, crowned shield of arms; I K below / VI EINEN REICHS THALER 1764 in five lines; 80 ST • EINE MARCK FEIN around. KM 202; Schulze 262. 4.70gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
