LOT 4053
India, British Colonial, Victoria AR Rupee. Dated 1900. Bombay mint.
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned and draped bust to left / Denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 492; SW 6.155. Extremely Fine. Countermarked A on obverse.(11.62gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR Vereinstaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, bare head to left; mintmark below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat-of-arms between two lions, date below. Edge inscription: ♔ ∗ GOTT ∗ SEGNE ∗ SACHSEN ∗. AKS 136; KM 1210; Davenport 893. 18.50, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Light iridescent tone.
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. -
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. 28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1844. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. 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 64.2. 6.60gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
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.
