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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Tristan Da Cunha. Elizabeth II CU-NI 5 Pounds. Dated 2008. Proof.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · TDC, crowned bust to right; date below / ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, St George slaying the dragon; denomination below. 24.98gr, 39mm, 12h.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
German States. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Friedrich Wilhelm AR Thaler. Dated 1870. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FRIEDRICH WILH. V. G. G. GROSSH. V. MECKLENB. STRL., head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN THALER XXX EIN P F. F., crowned coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy encircled by the Garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SCHIRME MECKLENBURG. AKS 71; Jaeger 4 MRWS 120; KM 100; Davenport GT III 732. 18.43gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
Friedrich Wilhelm married a granddaughter of Georg III and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria (1862), which allows him to add the famous garter to his Arms. -
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1839. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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 62.1. 1.25gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
