LOT 4330
United States of America AR Dime or 10 Cents. Dated 1854. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date with arrows in exergue / ONE DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 77. Near Very Fine.(2.41gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
FootnotesThe arrows either side of the date were added to indicate that the standard coin weight had been reduced from the previous issue.
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German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Ludwig II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1865. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. LUDWIG II KŒNIG V. BAYERN, head to right, C.VOIGT in small lettering below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned arms of Bavaria supported by two crowned standing lions; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE BAYERN. AKS 173; Jaeger 5 Bay 101; KM 869; Davenport GT III 609. 13.78gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1855. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date with arrows below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM 82. 12.29gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Hessen-Homburg (Landgrafschaft), Ferdinand AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1862.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Designs by G. Schnitzspahn. FERDINAND SOUV. LANDGRAF Z. HESSEN, head to right, C.SCHNITZSPAHN in small lettering on truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, draped and crowned coat of arms; date below. Edge inscription: ✿ MÜNZVERTRAG VOM 24 JANUAR 1857. KM 20; Dav GT III 714. 18.31gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
