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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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Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Kopeks. Dated 1912. Countermarked on 50 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. 10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs. -
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. -
India. Princely state of Mysore AR 1/12 Pavali. 1799-1810.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Goddess Chamundi facing / Inscription(?). See Numista N#57561 for a 1/6 Pavali. 0.24gr, 5mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
From Numista: As per some leading experts these coins might have been produced in the 70's or 80's. Though this has not been confirmed and this coin is still listed in Krause as a genuine coin.
