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LOT 4213
United States of America CU One Cent. Dated 1848. Philadelphia mint. "Liberty Head - Braided Hair" type.
Design by Christian Gobrecht. Head of Liberty to left, date below, thirteen stars around / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around, ONE CENT within wreath. KM 67. Good Fine.(10.53gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceBy inheritance.
Property of a Lincolnshire lady.
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German States. Saxony, Anton I AR Conventionsthaler. Dated 1831. Dresden mint. New Constitution commemorative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Johann Georg Studer, Mint Master. ANTON KOENIG UND FRIEDRICH AUGUST MITREGENT VON SACHSEN, jugate head to right / VEREINTEN SICH MIT DEN GETREUEN STAENDEN ZU NEUER VERFASSUNG DES STAATS, scroll of the Constitution inscribed AM 4. SEPTBR. 1831; all within crown of olive and oak branches; S below. Edge inscription: ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK. KM 1133; AKS 84. 27.81gr, 37mm, 12h.
Near Extremely 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. -
India. Mughal Empire, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar AR Rupee. Dated AH 984 (AD 1576/7). Dar al-Khalifat Agra(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The Kalima Shahada within wavy square; the four Caliphs' names in margins; all in Arabic / Persian legend cited the ruler and the date within linear square, mint name in margin. Cf. KM 80.1. 11.32gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Test mark on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
