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LOT 4205
Solomon Islands. Elizabeth II AR Proof 25 Dollars. 2000.
ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS, crowned bust to right, RDM in small lettering on truncation; date below / ✱ JEAN MICHEL HUON DE KERMADEC ✱ 1792 ✱ ''ESPERANCE'', ship in full sail to right. Uncirculated.(500gr, 90mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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