LOT 4304
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1858. 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.(12.17gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4304
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1780FF. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
CAROLUS · III · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 2R · F · F ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. KM 88.2. 6.26gr, 28mm, 12h.
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 East Africa. Wilhelm II AE 5 Heller. Dated 1908.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Designs by Emil Weigand. DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA, crown in centre; date below / Denomination above J; all within wreath. KM 11. 19.74gr, 37mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Austrian Empire. Franz Joseph I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1866. Vienna mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Designs by Josef Tautenhayn and Franz Gaul. FRANZ JOSEPH I · V · G · G · KAISER V · OESTERREICH, laureate head to right; A (mintmark) below / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFEUND FEIN, crowned imperial eagle; date below. Edge inscription: MIT VEREINTEN KRAEFTEN. KM 2245; Davenport ECT 26. 18.35gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
