LOT 4316
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents. Dated 1859. 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. Near Fine.(6.07gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4316
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar or 25 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Mexico (New Spain). Carlos IV, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. Dated 1806TH. Possibly contemporary counterfeit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 8R · T · H ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. Cf. KM 109. 20.99gr, 39mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Graffiti and chopmark on obverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
German States. Württemberg (Kingdom), Wilhelm I AR Vereinsthaler. Dated 1857. Stuttgart mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Designs by Carl Friedrich Voigt. WILHELM KÖNIG V. WÜRTTEMBERG, head to left / EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN, crowned coat of arms supported by lion and stag; 'furchtlos und trew' and date below. Edge inscription: MÜNZVERTRAG VOM 24 JANUAR 1857. AKS 77; Jaeger 1 Wu 83; KM 601; Davenport GT III 959. 18.52gr, 33mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
United States of America AR Half Dime or 5 Cents. Dated 1853. New Orleans mint. Date with arrows.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Seated Liberty facing to left, holding liberty cap on stick and shield, date with arrows in exergue / HALF DIME in two lines within wreath, mintmark below. KM 76. 1.22gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
