LOT 4276
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos IV, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. Dated 1806TH. Possibly contemporary counterfeit.
CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 8R · T · H ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. Cf. KM 109. Good Fine. Graffiti and chopmark on obverse.(20.99gr, 39mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 4276
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos IV, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Jersey. Victoria AE 1/12th Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham (Heaton and Sons) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D. G. BRITANNIAR. REGINA F. D., diademed head to left; H (mintmark) and star below / STATES OF JERSEY. and ONE TWELFTH OF A SHILLING., pointed coat-of-arms, date across field. KM 8. 9.55gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
German States. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Georg III AR 24 Mariengroschen or 2/3 Thaler. Dated 1786. Zellerfeld mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
GEORG · III · D · G · M · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REX · F · D · around, 17-86 across field, 2/3 FEIN SILB· beneath crowned arms / BR · ET · LVN · DVX · S · R · I · A · TH · ET · EL · around, 24 (mark of value) in right field, C· in exergue, wildman with tree in hand. Welter 2813; KM 385. 13.05gr, 33mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Hong Kong. Victoria CU Cent. Dated 1866. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust to left / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 4. 7.38gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
