LOT 4299
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1848. 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. Near Very Fine. Toned.(13.07gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4299
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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German Staters. Württemberg (Kingdom), Wilhelm II AR 3 Marks. Dated 1914. Stuttgart mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
WILHELM II KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG, bare head to right, F (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1914, crowned imperial eagle, denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 635; Jaeger 175. 16.63gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very 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. -
Group of Seven [7] Medieval and Later Coins. Circa 12th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various types. 9.49gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
German States. Hannover (Kingdom), Georg V AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1859. Hanover mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Theodor Wilhelm Brüel, Mint Master. Designs by Heinrich Friedrich Brehmer. GEORG V v. G. G. KOENIG v. HANNOVER, head to left, BREHMER • F • in small lettering on truncation; B below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat of arms supported by lion and unicorn; date below. Edge inscription: NEC ASPERA TERRENT. AKS 144; Jaeger 8 HB 96; KM 230; Davenport GT III 682. 18.30gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
