LOT 4335
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1851. New Orleans mint.
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date in exergue / HALF DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 62.2. Near Fine.(1.29gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Mexico (New Spain). Ferdinand VI, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1753M. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £38
✿ VTRA QUE VNUM ✿, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between Mo and M below / ✿ FRD • VI • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R ✿, crowned coat-of-arms; value across fields. KM 86.1. 6.74gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
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. -
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. -
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Rouble. Dated 1898. Countermarked on One Rouble of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. Brussels mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left; octagonal countermark: ''Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian / РУБЛЬ 1898 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above. Edge inscription: ** ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 4 ЗОЛОТНИКА 21 ДОЛѦ. KM 59.1. 19.76gr, 34.5mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
