LOT 4336
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1852. 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.(1.28gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Germany. Group of Thirty-Six [36] Coins. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various types. 111gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR 1/6 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Dresden mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. IOHANN V. G. G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, head to left, B below / 6 EINEN THALER 180 EIN PFUND F., crowned coat of arms; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 142; Jaeger 10 SW 113; KM 1205. 5.10gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Jersey. Victoria AE 1/48 Shilling. Dated 1877. Birmingham mint (Heaton and Sons).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA D . G. BRITANNIAR . REGINA F . D., crowned head to left, seven pointed star and mintmark below / STATES OF JERSEY, arms of Jersey within heater-shaped shield dividing date; denomination below. KM 6. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This issue was withdrawn in May 1881, except for 38,400 pieces. (McCammon states that 38,240 pieces remained, but this is not in agreement with the Royal Mint documents.) The withdrawn coins were returned to the Royal Mint and melted for the 1881 one twelfth of a shilling coinage (Numista).
