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LOT 3700
Group of Five [5] World AR Proof and Other Coins. 1970-2000.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. Condition as seen.(112gr total.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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