LOT 4278
Mexico, Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1860PF. Casa de Moneda de Guanajuato mint.
Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTAD surrounded by radiant display; denomination, mintmark, date, assayer's initials and purity below / REPUBLICA MEXICANA •, eagle, with wings spread and head to right, alighting to left on cactus and holding serpent in beak and right talon; laurel and oak wreath below. KM 377.8. Good Fine.(26.83gr, 38mm, 6h.).
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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German States. Hannover (Kingdom), Ernst August I AR Thaler. Dated 1849. Hanover mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Theodor Wilhelm Brüel, Mint Master. Designs by Heinrich Friedrich Brehmer. ERNST AUGUST KOENIG VON HANNOVER, head to right, BREHMER • F • in small lettering on truncation; B below / EIN THALER XIV EINE F.M., crowned coat of arms; date below. Edge inscription: NEC ASPERA TERRENT. KM 209.1. 22.13gr, 35mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces.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 The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista).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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Group of Five [5] World AR Coins. 1966-2001.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Various types. 191gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
