LOT 4157
Hong Kong. George V CU Cent. Dated 1924. Royal mint.
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA •, crowned bust to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 16. Uncirculated.(7.53gr, 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. Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg, Alexander Karl AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ALEXANDER CARL HERZOG ZU ANHALT, bare head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat of arms, to left and right crowned bear each, acting as supporters; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE ANHALT. AKS 14; Jaeger 2 AB 72; KM 86; Davenport GT III 505. 18.46gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Hong Kong. Victoria CU Cent. Dated 1901. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust to left / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 4. 7.43gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Albert AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1867. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Designs by Johann Adam Ries. ALBERT FÜRST ZU SCHWARZBURG, head to right / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned double-headed eagle holding sceptre and imperial orb, arms on chest. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 32; Jaeger 12 Sac# 57; KM 183. 18.42gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
