LOT 4215
South Africa. George VI AV Proof Sovereign. Dated 1952. Pretoria mint. Thomas Humphrey Paget and Coert Laurens Steynberg, engravers.
GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX, bare head to left; HP in small lettering beneath truncation / SUID-AFRIKA ✦ 1952 ✦ SOUTH AFRICA, springbok running to right, denomination below, CLS (engraver's initials) to lower right. KM 43; Hern S348. Brilliant Uncirculated.(7.98gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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France. Louis XVI AV Louis d'Or. Dated 1791. Lille mint. Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier, engraver.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
LUD · XVI · D · G · FR · ET NAV · REX ·, bare head of Louis XVI to left, no dot variety, star and engraver's signature below / CHRS · REGN · VINC · IMPER 1791, crowned arms of France and Navarre in shield, mintmark below. Dy 1707; Gad 361; KM 591. 36.64 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS AU53, certification number 51861546. PCGS population in this grade: 1, single finest graded.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 2,562. Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 7.649 g. (AGW=0.2255 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
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United States of America. Set of Two [2] AV Five Dollars. Dated 1997. United States Mint of West Point. Commemorative issues of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Designs by Thomas James Ferrell and James Melvin Peed.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 1997 IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY, based on one of FDR's favorite photographs taken in 1938, depicts the commander-in-chief on the bridge of the USS Houston wearing a boat cloak that became a familiar trademark for many Americans / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM W FIVE DOLLARS, the Presidential seal displayed at his 1933 inauguration. KM 282. 175 grams total, 15.4 x 8.9 x 2 cm including case.
Uncirculated. Offered in the original box set.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Charles III AR 2 Reales. Dated 1772. Potosí mint. Cob issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Arms of Spain within polylobe / Crowned Pillars of Hercules set on ocean waves. KM 43. 6.51gr, 25mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
