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Lot 1709      

Estimate $4,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,400

NORTH AFRICA, Suez Canal, Borell Lavolley et Compagnie 5 francs 1865 in brass (32mm) twenty four facet edge (KM.Tn.8; G.C.9). Most attractive, nearly mint state and extremely rare, especially in this condition, probably the finest known and not present in the R.J. Ford Collection.

Ex Jean Elsen Sale 56 (lot 2165).

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