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 States. Prussia (Kingdom), Wilhelm II AR 3 Mark. Dated 1909. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, head to right, A (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1909, crowned Imperial Eagle; denomination below. Edge inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. KM 527; Jaeger 103; AKS 131. 16.62gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Friedrich August III AR 3 Mark. Dated 1913. Muldenhütten mint. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Designs by Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. 18. OKTOBER ✶1813 = 1913✶, Völkerschlachtdenkmal, E (mintmark) below / DEUTSCHES REICH 1913, crowned imperial eagle with shield on breast; denomination below. KM 1275; Jaeger 140; AKS 190. 16.69gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
The Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations) is a colossal monument in Leipzig, Germany, commemorating the pivotal 1813 Battle of Leipzig where Napoleon's forces were defeated by a coalition of European powers. -
Hong Kong. George V CU Cent. Dated 1924. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA •, crowned bust to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 16. 7.53gr, 28mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
