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LOT 3102
Commemorative Medals - Mixed Medal Group [7] 19th-20th century A.D.
Comprising: various monarchs, issues and types, some with hand written coin identification tickets, including a boxed George VI Coronation medal dated 12 May 1937 and a Napoleon III gilt bronze Universal Exposition medal from Paris in 1867. Very fine-uncirculated mint state.(245 grams total, 30-50 mm.). [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent.
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