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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Mexico (New Spain). Ferdinand VI, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1753M. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £38
✿ VTRA QUE VNUM ✿, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between Mo and M below / ✿ FRD • VI • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R ✿, crowned coat-of-arms; value across fields. KM 86.1. 6.74gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
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. -
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1853. 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. 1.22gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
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.
