LOT 4302
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1855. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date with arrows below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM 82. Very Fine.(12.29gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4302
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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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. -
German States. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Friedrich Wilhelm AR Thaler. Dated 1870. Berlin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FRIEDRICH WILH. V. G. G. GROSSH. V. MECKLENB. STRL., head to left; A (mintmark) below / EIN THALER XXX EIN P F. F., crowned coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy encircled by the Garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SCHIRME MECKLENBURG. AKS 71; Jaeger 4 MRWS 120; KM 100; Davenport GT III 732. 18.43gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
Friedrich Wilhelm married a granddaughter of Georg III and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria (1862), which allows him to add the famous garter to his Arms. -
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Group of Seven [7] World AR Coins. 1936-1995.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Various types. 199gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
