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LOT 2485
Australian Panned Alluvial Gold Nuggets
PANNED 1962 A.D.
1 1/2 in. (Container 12.78 grams total, 39 mm).
Including small specimens panned from the Eucumbene River, Kiadra, New South Wales, together with specimens from Queensland; housed in a cylindrical container. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound River Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia, 1962.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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