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LOT 1402
Post Medieval Silver Thaler Pendant Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
33 1/2 in. (53 grams, 85 cm long).
A silver circular corded pendant mount containing an Austrian restrike silver thaler coin of Maria Theresa (bearing the frozen date '1780'); with suspension loop, bale and chain. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
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