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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Mexico (New Spain). Philip V, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1739. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
MF, engraver. ✱ VTRAQUE VNUM ✱, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between mintmarks below / ✱ PHILIP • V • D • G • HISPAN • ET IND • REX, crowned coat-of-arms flanked by initials and value. KM 84. 5.85gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From 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. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1860. 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; Jaeg 9 Pr 84; KM 471; Dav GT III 775. 18.42gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1854. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date with arrows in exergue / HALF DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 76. 1.20gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
