LOT 4153
Hong Kong. Victoria CU Cent. Dated 1866. Royal mint.
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust to left / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 4. Very Fine.(7.38gr, 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 Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1848. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap 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 68. 13.07gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm II AR 3 Marks. Dated 1913. Berlin mint. Commemorative issue of the 25th Anniversary of the Reign of King Wilhelm II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG VON PREUSSEN, uniformed bust of Wilhelm II to right; 1888 1913 A(mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1913, crowned imperial eagle; denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 535; Jaeger 112; AKS 141. 16.67gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very 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. -
British Crown Dependencies, Jersey. Victoria CU 1/13 Shilling. Dated 1851.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by William Wyon. VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F:D:, young head with hair banded to left, W W in small lettering on truncation, date below / STATES OF JERSEY. and 1/13 OF A SHILLING., ornamented shield of the arms of Jersey. KM 3. 17.56gr, 34mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
