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GREAT BRITAIN, London, England, gold sovereign, George V, 1914, with contemporary postcard showing t

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GREAT BRITAIN, London, England, gold sovereign, George V, 1914, with contemporary postcard showing t
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GREAT BRITAIN, London, England, gold sovereign, George V, 1914, with contemporary postcard showing the ship and bearing postage stamps and a handwritten note from a soldier(?) to his girlfriend. Sp-3996; KM-820. 8.00 grams. Brightly lustrous UNC with lots of tiny marks on rims and elsewhere, the postcard quite interesting as dated June 5, 1922, less than a month after the ship sank. Pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 10, with original lot-tag 161. Recovered from: S.S. Egypt, sunk in 1922 off Ushant, France