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.).
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 Capped Bust Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1839. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. Thirteen stars surrounding draped bust of Liberty to left, wearing Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTY on band; mintmark and date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows, denomination below. KM 65. 13.21gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Extremely 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. -
German States. Saxony, Anton I AR Conventionsthaler. Dated 1831. Dresden mint. New Constitution commemorative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Johann Georg Studer, Mint Master. ANTON KOENIG UND FRIEDRICH AUGUST MITREGENT VON SACHSEN, jugate head to right / VEREINTEN SICH MIT DEN GETREUEN STAENDEN ZU NEUER VERFASSUNG DES STAATS, scroll of the Constitution inscribed AM 4. SEPTBR. 1831; all within crown of olive and oak branches; S below. Edge inscription: ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK. KM 1133; AKS 84. 27.81gr, 37mm, 12h.
Near Extremely 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. -
German States. Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm III AR Thaler. Dated 1831. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
FRIEDR. WILHELM III KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, bare head to right; mintmark below / EIN THALER XIV EINE F. M., crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the collar of the order of the black eagle splitting the vintage at the bottom; date below. KM 419; AKS 17; Thun 250. 22.17gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Extremely 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.
