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LOT 4314
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1857. New Orleans mint.
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 A64.2. Fine.(6.11gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4314
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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