LOT 4303
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1856. 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 Very Fine. Toned.(12.23gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4303
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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German States. Prussia (Kingdom), Frederick II AR 1/3 Thaler. Dated 1777. Wrocław mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX, laureate head to right / 3 EINEN REICHS THALER 1777 B(mintmark) in six lines within palm and laurel branches. KM 329; Neumann Baltic 507; Schön DM 150. 8.06gr, 30mm, 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. -
United States of America. Group of Three [3] AE Braided Hair Cents. 1817-1840.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various dates. 31.65gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German States. Saxony (Kingdom), Johann I AR Thaler. Dated 1871. Dresden mint. Commemorative issue for Victory over France.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Gustav Julius Buschick, Mint Master. IOHANN V.G.G. KOENIG VON SACHSEN, head to left, B below / EIN THALER XXX EIN PF. F., Genie on horseback to left, carrying a flag; date below. Edge inscription: GOTT SEGNE SACHSEN. AKS 159; Jaeger 10 SW 132; KM 1230; Davenport GT III 898. 18.38gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
