LOT 4155
Hong Kong. Victoria CU Cent. Dated 1901. Royal mint.
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust to left / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 4. Good Very Fine.(7.43gr, 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 1/6 Thaler. Dated 1761. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
HERZOGTHUM ANHALT - BERNBURG *, crowned bear walking to right on ascending wall with gate / CLXXX EIN PFUND FEIN around, 6 EINEN THALER 1861 A(mintmark) in five lines within laurel wreath. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE ANHALT. AKS 19; Jaeg 2 AB 71; KM 87. 5.31gr, 23mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1858. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. 6.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America CU Cent. Dated 1862. Philadelphia mint. "Indian Head Cent" with shield type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Designs by James Barton Longacre. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Liberty head wearing Indian headdress to left, date below / ONE CENT within wreath with shield at the top, knot tying the wreath holding arrows. KM 90. 4.76gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
