LOT 4165
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. Near Extremely Fine.(2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
FootnotesThis issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista).
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German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm II AR 3 Mark. Dated 1909. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1909, crowned Imperial Eagle; denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 527; Jaeger 103; AKS 131. 16.62gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
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 1852. 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. 1.28gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Baden (Grand Duchy), Friedrich II AR 3 Mark. Dated 1911. Karlsruhe mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Designs by Rudolf Mayer. FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, head to left, G (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1911, crowned Imperial Eagle, shield on breast; denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 280; Jaeger 39. 16.65gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
