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LOT 4097
Group of Thirty Six [36] Great Britain and Commonwealth Coins. 20th century AD.
Various rulers. Condition as seen.(114gr total.).
Provenance
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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LOT 4097
Group of Thirty Six [36] Great Britain and Commonwealth Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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