LOT 3519
United States of America AR Half Dollar. Dated 1961. 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.(12.51gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-'Aziz CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 4 and AH 1277 (AD 1865). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Birth of Christ Saviour' in Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Toughra; ٤ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: ΣΓΧ 1883 [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ 1883 (=Birth of Christ Saviour 1883)] in two lines within incuse circle. KM 702 (Turkey); Wilski G18-08. 21.14gr, 36mm.
Good Fine.
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. -
Hong Kong. Set of Two [2] Silver Trade Dollars 'Hong Kong Returns to China'. 1997.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Struck by the Royal Mint in display box with information card. 205gr total, box: 10.5 x 9cm.
UNC
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Serbia. Milan Obrenovic IV AE 10 Para. Dated 1879. Designs by Ernest Paulin Tasset.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
МИЛАН М. ОБРЕНОВИЋ IV. КЊАЗ СРПСКИ, head of Milan Obrenović IV to left; TASSET below / Crowned denomination above date; all within wreath. KM 8. 9.35gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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