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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 40 coins and tokens

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Group Lots Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
WORLDWIDE: LOT of 40 coins and tokens
SOLD
260.00USD+ (52.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 May 15 @ 18:50UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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WORLDWIDE:LOT of 40 items, a diverse mix of silver, bronze and base metal coins from Thailand, Morocco, Ottoman Turkey, Iran, China, Japan, Bengal Presidency, Tunisia, Indian States, Sasanian, and Indian temple tokens, a interesting group, average quality examples, retail value $200, lot of 40 items, ex Karl Adolphson Collection. Karl Adolphson (1884-1971) was born in Silvberg, Säter, Dalarnas County, Sweden on July 30, 1884. He was a lawyer (advokat) and operated his own law firm in Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden. He was married to Märta Maria Pettersson and together they had one son, Svante Ullvius who was born on April 26, 1925. Karl was an avid collector and assembled a vast collection of antiquities and coins. After he died in 1971, his widow and son sold many coins to a local coin dealer in Helsingborg. This firm continued to purchase coins from his son Svante until the 1990s.