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LOT 3520
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1953. Denver mint. 'Franklin' type. Dies by John R. Sinnock and Gilroy Roberts.
LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST, bust of Benjamin Franklin to right; JRS in small lettering on truncation, date to right / UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, Liberty Bell flanked by ·E· PLURIBUS UNUM and small eagle; mintmark above, denomination below. KM 199. Near Very Fine.(12.46gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Italy. Ancona (Papal States), Iulius III AR Giulio. 1550-1555. Ancona mint. Mazzeo Mazzei, mintmaster.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IVLIVS III PONT MAX, papal coat of arms surmounted by tiara and crossed keys / S PETRVS ANCONA, Saint Peter standing facing, reading book in left hand, and holding keys in right hand; mintmaster's mark in lower left field. Muntoni 59; MIR 993/6. 2.75gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Bulgaria. Boris III AR 100 Leva. Dated 1934. London or Belgrade mint. Designs by Percy Metcalfe.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ на БЪЛГАРИТѢ (Борис III), bare head of Boris III to left; PM below / 100 LEVA 1937 in three lines above rose flower with grain sprigs flanking; P M below. KM 45; Schön 47.1-2. 19.90gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Empire. Abdul Mejid I CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 18 and AH 1255 (AD 1857). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Dormition of the Mother of God, of Vourgaro' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ١٨ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: Κ Θ Ε Β [ΚΟΙΜΗΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΒΟΥΡΓΑΡΟΥ (=Dormition of the Mother of God Church of Vourgaro)] in angles of cross. KM 670 (Turkey); Wilski G10-25. 21.09gr, 36mm.
Fine.
UK private collection. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage.
