LOT 4206
South Africa. George VI AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. 300th anniversary of the founding of Capetown.
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Marion Walgate. GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; H P in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA·1652-1952·SOUTH AFRICA, Jan van Riebeeck's three-master, Drommedaris, sails into Table Bay on 6 April 1652, to establish a new Dutch colony located at what is now Cape Town; Table Mountain is in the background; monogram of VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in right field, M.W. in small lettering to lower left field; denomination below. KM 41. Almost Uncirculated.(28.27gr, 39mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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German States. Sachsen (Saxony, Kingdom), Johann AR Vereinstaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, bare head to left; mintmark below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat-of-arms between two lions, date below. Edge inscription: ♔ ∗ GOTT ∗ SEGNE ∗ SACHSEN ∗. AKS 136; KM 1210; Davenport 893. 18.50, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Light iridescent tone.
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. -
Italy. Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano), Pius IX AR 10 Soldi or 50 Centesimi. Dated 1868. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. PIVS IX PON · MAX · A · XXII, bust to left / ★ STATO ★ PONTIFICIO ★, denomination and date within wreath; mintmark below, 50 Cmi (50 centesimi) flanking. KM 1376; Berman 3343. 2.45gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR 2 Thalers or 3 1/2 Gulden. Dated 1846. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, bare head to right; mintmark below / 2 THALER VII EINE F. MARK 3 1/2 GULDEN and VEREINS 18-46 MÜNZE, draped and crowned coat of arms. KM 440; AKS 69; Thun 253. 36.97gr, 41mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
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.
