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LOT 2153
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (155 grams total, 57 mm each).
Group of two penannular round-section bracelets with clubbed ends. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Duoro' sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Each accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.
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LOT 2153
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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