LOT 4275
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos IV, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. Dated 1804TH. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 8R · T · H ·, crowned arms flanked by pillars of Hercules ornamented with banners. KM 109. Good Fine. Numerous bankers' marks.(26.62gr, 40mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 4275
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos IV, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Hong Kong. Victoria CU Cent. Dated 1877. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Design by William Wyon. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust to left / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 4. 7.37gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Ludwig II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1868. München mint. "Madonnentaler" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. LVDOVICVS II BAVARIAE REX, head to right, C.VOIGT in small lettering below / PATRONA BAVARIÆ, nimbate seated figures of Saint Mary with Child, seated over crescent moon on clouds; date below. Edge inscription: XXX EIN PFUND FEIN. AKS 176; Jaeger 5 Bay 107; KM 877. 18.49gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned imperial eagle; date below. AKS 97; Jaeg 9 Pr 92; KM 489. 18.42gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
