LOT 4212
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1844. New Orleans mint.
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick 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 64.2. Very Fine. Toned.(6.60gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 4212
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Group of Twelve [12] Miscellaneous Coins 8th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various rulers. 121gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1844. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding cap on a stick 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 64.2. 6.60gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
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. -
France. Metz AR Demi-Gros. 1648.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
PROTO • ME S • STEPHA •, St Stephen seated to left, coat-of-arms flanking, date in exergue / SIT • NOM • DNINRI • IHV • XPI • BNDICT and SEMIGROSS • MET around central cross with stars in quarters; coat-of-arms above. B 1662. 0.89gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
