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LOT 2143
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (73.2 grams, 58 mm).
Penannular round-section bracelet with clubbed ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Duoro' sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.
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