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LOT 4207
Sweden. Frederick I AR Riksdaler. Dated 1744. Stockholm mint.
Hans Malmberg, Mint Master. Type IV. FRIDERICVS • D • G • REX • SVECIAE •, bust to right / Gud Mitt Hopp • ('God is my hope'), crowned ornate shield with supporters; date in cartouche, H•M• below. Edge inscription: MANIBUS ★ NE ★ LAEDAR ★ AVARIS ★. KM 423. Good Very Fine(28.75gr, 41mm, 12h.).
Provenance
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.
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