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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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 Capped Bust Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1839. New Orleans mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Designs by Christian Gobrecht. Thirteen stars surrounding draped bust of Liberty to left, wearing Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTY on band; mintmark and date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows, denomination below. KM 65. 13.21gr, 30mm, 6h.
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. -
Italy. Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano), Pius XI AR 10 Lire. Dated 1934.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by Aurelio Mistruzzi. PIVS XI PONT· MAX · A · XIII, bust to left; MISTRVZZI A · MOTTI · INC in small lettering in two lines below / STATO DELLA CITTA' DEL VATICANO, Virgin and Child, Queen of Peace, REGINA PACIS below, denomination and date flanking. KM 8; Berman 3354. 9.97gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
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