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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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1857. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM A64.2. 6.13gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Bavaria (Electorate), Maximilian III Joseph AR Conventionsthaler. Dated 1774. Amberg mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D·G·MAX·IOS·U·B· D·S·R·I·A·&EL·L·L·, bust to right, A (mintmark) below / PATRONA BAVARIAE·, crowned Madonna with Child holding imperial orb and sceptre in front of radiant sun; date below. Edge inscription: IN DEO CONSILIUM. KM 519; Davenport GT II 1954A. 28.01gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Scratches on reverse.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
France, Louis-Philippe I AR 5 Francs. Dated 1850. Paris mint. Jean-Pierre Collot, Mint Master.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, engraver. LOUIS PHILIPPE ROI DES FRANÇAIS, bare head to right, N.P.TIOLIER in small lettering on truncation / Denomination above date; all within wreath of laurel and olive branches. KM 737. 24.97gr, 37mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From 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.
