LOT 4298
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1841. New Orleans mint.
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap 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 68. Good Fine. Toned.(13.08gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4298
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Friedrich Wilhelm IV AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned Imperial Eagle; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. AKS 78; Jaeger 9 Pr 84; KM 471; Davenport GT III 775. 18.44gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Mexico. Federal Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1834OM. Casa de Moneda de Zacatecas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTAD surrounded by radiant display; denomination, mintmark, date, assayer's initials and purity below / REPUBLICA MEXICANA •, eagle, with wings spread and head to right, alighting to left on cactus and holding serpent in beak and right talon; laurel and oak wreath below. KM 377.13. 26.45gr, 38mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
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 Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1847. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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 64.2. 6.56gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
