LOT 4300
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1849. 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. Very Fine.(13.24gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4300
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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German States. Free Imperial City of Frankfurt AR 2 Vereinsthaler. Dated 1861. Frankfurt am Main mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Designs by August von Nordheim. FREIE STADT FRANKFURT, oak-wreathed bust of Francofurtia to right, A.v.NORDHEIM in small lettering on truncation / ZWEI VEREINSTHALER . XV EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned eagle with wings and talons spread facing to left; date below. Edge inscription: STARK IM RECHT. AKS 4; Jaeger 6 FHI 43; KM 365; Davenport GT III 651. 36.95gr, 41mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Nicely toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Mexico (New Spain). Ferdinand VI, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1753M. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £38
✿ VTRA QUE VNUM ✿, crowned hemispheres between crowned pillars ornamented with banners, all set on waves; date between Mo and M below / ✿ FRD • VI • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R ✿, crowned coat-of-arms; value across fields. KM 86.1. 6.74gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
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. -
Mexico, Republic AR 8 Reales. Dated 1860PF. Casa de Moneda de Guanajuato mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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 377.8. 26.83gr, 38mm, 6h.
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.
