LOT 4262
India, British. William IV AR Rupee. Dated 1835. Calcutta mint.
William Wyon, engraver. WILLIAM IIII, KING., bare head to right, F in small lettering on truncation / EAST INDIA COMPANY, denomination in English and Urdu within wreath with 19 berries; date below. KM 450.2. Good Very Fine.(11.50gr, 30mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1857. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. 6.13gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very 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. -
German States. Württemberg (Kingdom), Karl I AR 5 Mark. Dated 1874. Stuttgart mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
KARL KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG, head to right, F (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1874, crowned Imperial Eagle, denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 623; Jaeger 173; Davenport GT III 963. 27.44gr, 38mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
