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. Baden (Grand Duchy), Friedrich I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1868. Karlsruhe mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FRIEDRICH GROSHERZOG VON BADEN, head to left / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned shield with supporters within crowned mantle; date below. Edge inscription: MUNZVERTRAG VOM 24 JANUAR 1857. AKS 124; Jaeger 2 AB 85; KM 245; Davenport GT III 531. 18.53gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Mexico (New Spain). Philip V, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1739. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
MF, engraver. ✱ VTRAQUE VNUM ✱, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between mintmarks below / ✱ PHILIP • V • D • G • HISPAN • ET IND • REX, crowned coat-of-arms flanked by initials and value. KM 84. 5.85gr, 27mm, 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. -
Hungary. Maria Theresa AR 15 Kreuzers. Dated 1745. Kremnica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M : THERES : D : G : REG : HU : BO : A : A ·, bust to right / PATRONA ˙ REG HUNGA : 1745, half-length Madonna with Child on the right arm; K B (mintmark) flanking, XV (denomination) below. KM 335. 6.20gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Scratches on reverse.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
