LOT 4159
India, British Colonial. George V AR Rupee. Dated 1918. Bombay mint.
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING EMPEROR, crowned bust to left / ONE RUPEE INDIA 1918 یک روپیہ in five lines, within circle and wreath made of roses, thistle, shamrock leaves and lotus flowers; • beneath bottom lotus, indicating Bombay Mint. KM 524; SW 8.43; Prid 224. Almost Uncirculated.(11.68gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Hungary. Francis Joseph I AR Forint. Dated 1869. Kremnica in Slovakia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FERENCZ JÓZSEF A. CSÁSZÁR, head to right, K.B. (mintmark) below / MAGYAR ORSZÁG AP. KIRÁLYA 1869, curved twofold Hungarian small coat of arms, flying angels holding St. Stephen's crown above; denomination below. Edge inscription: BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN (my trust is ancient virtues). ÉH 1463a; KM 449.1. 12.33gr, 29mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustruous/Proof-like.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Maximilian II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. MAXIMILIAN II KŒNIG V. BAYERN, head to right, C. VOIGT in small lettering beneath truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER ✿ XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned arms with supporters; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE BAYERN. AKS 149; Jaeger 5 Bay 94; KM 852; Davenport GT III 606. 18.15gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Attractively toned.
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 1848. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date in exergue / HALF DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 62.2. 1.23gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
