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LOT 4157
Hong Kong. George V CU Cent. Dated 1924. Royal mint.
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA •, crowned bust to left; B.M. in small lettering on truncation / ✿ HONG - KONG ✿, 香 仙 一 港, denomination and date below. KM 16. Uncirculated.(7.53gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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