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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United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1858. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM A64.2. 6.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
India, British. William IV AR Rupee. Dated 1835. Calcutta mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
William Wyon, engraver. WILLIAM IIII, KING., bare head to right, F in small lettering on truncation / EAST INDIA COMPANY, denomination in English and Urdu within wreath with 19 berries; date below. KM 450.2. 11.50gr, 30mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
German States. Bavaria (Kingdom), Maximilian II AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. München mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. MAXIMILIAN II KŒNIG V. BAYERN, head to right, C. VOIGT in small lettering beneath truncation / EIN VEREINSTHALER ✿ XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned arms with supporters; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE BAYERN. AKS 149; Jaeger 5 Bay 94; KM 852; Davenport GT III 606. 18.15gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Attractively toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
