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Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, Christchurch, 18-, serial number 077976, black and brown, at left two vignettes with Maori scene and kiwis in a rural landscape, value in a brown central panel, reverse value in brown, text inverted at centre (Pick S193), pencil 'Nov 77' on counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN B.W. & Co. LONDON, good extremely fine, rare £800-1,200
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Bank of New Zealand, specimen £20, Christchurch, 18-, serial number 038626, black and blue, at left two vignettes with Maori scene and kiwis in a rural landscape, value in a blue central panel, reverse value in blue, text inverted at centre (Pick S193), pencil 'June 79' on counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN B.W. & Co. LONDON, good extremely fine, rare £900-1,200
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Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, Nelson, 18-, serial number 088476, black and brown, at left two vignettes with Maori scene and kiwis in a rural landscape, value in a brown central panel, reverse value in brown, text inverted at centre (Pick S193), pencil 'Nov 79' on counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN B.W. & Co. LONDON, good extremely fine, rare £800-1,200
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Bank of New Zealand, specimen £20, Nelson, 18-, serial number 039626, black and blue, at left two vignettes with Maori scene and kiwis in a rural landscape, value in a blue central panel, reverse value in blue, text inverted at centre (Pick S194), pencil 'Nov 79' on counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN B.W. & Co. LONDON, good extremely fine, rare £900-1,200
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Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen 10 shillings, 1 October 1918, serial number run A000001 to A1000000, blue and rose, two Maoris in circle at left, two kiwis in rural scene at right, reverse brown and grey, arms at centre set in ornate pattern with guilloches, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S223bs), ink date '15. 5. 18' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, a handsome note and extremely rare £2,400-2,800
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Bank of New Zealand, specimen £5, 1 October 1916, serial number 040001-060000, purple and multicoloured, landscape low left, Maoris low right, value in green circle at centre, reverse blue, brown and green, arms top centre, value at each corner (Pick S227as), ink date '5.9.16', perforated CANCELLED, perforated border variety at left, uncirculated and rare, a handsome note £800-1,200
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Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, Wellington, 19<\_> (ca 1916), serial number 000001-020000, blue and multicoloured, Maoris at left, countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at right, counterfoil at left, reverse violet and multicoloured, arms top centre, value at left and right (Pick S229s), ink date '13.1.16' in top margin, uncirculated and rare, attractive £1,000-1,200
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Bank of New Zealand, printers archival specimen £10, Wellington, 1 October 1924, serial number 000001-020000, brown and multicoloured, the Maori King Tawhiao at centre in oval frame, value below and at each corner, reverse brown and yellow, arms at centre, Maoris at left, landscape at right (PS 237s), ink date '14.8.24' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, several creases, good very fine and rare £700-900
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Union Bank of Australia Limited, New Zealand, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs of a design for the Wellington, New Zealand issue of 1923, black and white, Victoria at left, Britannia and symbols of trade and commerce at top centre, value at centre, right and at each corner, reverse, coats of arms and values (Pick S372 for a similar design, Vort-Ronald type 3 for similar), similar to the design issued in 1923 but several noticeable differences, unique and interesting (2) £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, remainders, possibly printers waste for 10/- and £1, ND (1940-67), no serial numbers, brown and purple respectively, Cook at right, arms at centre, no security thread but watermarked paper (LNZ RBNZ B5, B6 for type, Pick 58, 159 for type), the 10/- cancelled with crayon, both irregularly cut, about extremely fine and rare (2) £350-450
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 10 shillings, ND (1940-67), brown, £1 (5), ND (1940-67), purple, £5 (2), ND (1940-67), all Captain James Cook at right, also a partial set of the 1967 issue comprising, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, all portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, together with National Reserve Bank of Tonga, 1 pa'anga, ND (1995), and Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, 500 vatu, ND (1993) (Pick 158, 159, 160, 31, 5), varying grades from good to extremely fine, the last two about uncirculated (15) £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, £10, ND (1967), serial number Æ 060822, green on multicolour, crowned arms and sailing ship at left, portrait of Captain J. Cook at lower right, reverse flock of sheep, (Pick 161d), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £100-200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, ND (1967), serial number AK 000000, green and pale pink-orange, Captain Cook at right, the 'Endeavour' at left, Fleming signature, reverse green, flock of sheep (Pick 161fs, Linzmayer RBNZ B8fs), ink date '22.7.63' in top margin, red SPECIMEN overprint, extremely fine, scarce £400-500
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Specimen $5 (4), ND (1967-77), serial numbers 001 000000, signature Fleming; serial number 050 000000, Wilks signature, serial number 080 000000, Knight signature and serial number 165 000000, Hardie signature, all orange-red on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse tui bird and kowhai tree, (Pick 165as, bs, cs, ds, Linzmayer RBNZ B12as, bs, cs, ds), all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole, about uncirculated and rare (4) £600-800
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Specimen $10 (4), ND (1967-77), serial numbers A0 000000, signature Fleming; serial number J6 000000, Wilks signature, serial number 21H 000000, Knight signature and serial number 25H 000000, Hardie signature, all blue and pale orange on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily and Kea parrot (Pick 166as, bs, cs, ds, Linzmayer RBNZ B13as, bs, ds, es), all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse except the Wilk which is only perforated, about uncirculated and rare (4) £600-800
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10 (4), ND (1967-), prefixes A0, J6, 17Y, 25H, blue and lilac and pale orange, Elizabeth II at right, Fleming, Wilks, Knight and Hardie signatures respectively, reverse blue, Kea parrot at centre, value at left and right (Pick 166as, bs, cs, ds, Linzmayer RBNZ B13as, bs, ds, es), the Knight with red SPECIMEN overprint, balance perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, about uncirculated and rare (4) £700-900
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1967-73), serial 99A 000000, blue and pale orange on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, Dick Lloyd Wilks signature, reverse mountain lily and Kea parrot (Pick 166bs, Linzmayer RBNZ B13bs), overprinted SPECIMEN in red, uncirculated and a very rare replacement specimen £400-600
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a set of progressive proofs for $1, ND (1981), comprising litho obverse 1st working, pink and orange; litho obverse 2nd working, brown; litho obverse 3rd working, blue, green and pink; also litho reverse 1st working, green and blue; litho reverse 2nd working, orange and purple; litho obverse and reverse 3rd working, portrait of the Queen and script missing from obverse and fantail missing from reverse, all printed on paper with watermark of Captain James Cook (Pick 169-progressive proofs), pencil cross in lower right corner of last note, otherwise about uncirculated, excessively rare and believed to be one of only seven sets known (6) £200-300
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a group of four specimens and one partial proof for $1, ND (1981), prefixes ACT, ABJ, AAA, AEC, all brown, Elizabeth II at right, Hardie signature, one with red SPECIMEN overprints and perforations (Pick 169as), uncirculated (5) £500-700
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $1, ND (1985), no serial numbers, signature S. T. Russell, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169bp), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity and believed to be one of only two known proofs in this format with Russell signature £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $1, ND (1985), serial number 000000, signature S. T. Russell, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169bs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a much rarer variety of specimen with zero serial numbers £160-220
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a set of progressive proofs for $2, ND (1981), comprising litho obverse 1st working, pink; litho obverse 2nd working, pale violet and green; litho obverse 3rd working, purple and orange; also litho reverse 1st working, green and pale green; litho reverse 2nd working, pink, purple and orange; litho obverse and reverse 3rd working, portrait of the Queen and script missing from obverse and rifleman missing from reverse, all printed on paper with watermark of Captain James Cook (Pick 170-progressive proofs), the last proof pencil cross in lower right corner, two proofs otherwise about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, excessively rare and believed to be one of only six known sets (6) £200-300
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $2, ND (1985), no serial numbers, signature S. T. Russell, purple on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mistletoe at left, rifleman at right (Pick 170bp), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated of the utmost rarity and believed to be one of only three known proofs in this format with Russell signature £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $2, ND (1985), serial number 000000, signature S. T. Russell, purple on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mistletoe at left, rifleman at right (Pick 170bs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a much rarer variety of specimen with zero serial numbers £180-240
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a set of progressive proofs for $5, ND (1981), comprising litho obverse 1st working, blue; litho obverse 2nd working, olive and blue; litho obverse 3rd working, yellow and orange; also litho reverse 1st working, olive , blue and orange; litho reverse 2nd working, yellow and pink; litho obverse and reverse 3rd working, portrait of the Queen and script missing from obverse and tui missing from reverse, all printed on paper with watermark of Captain James Cook (Pick 171-progressive proofs), the last proof pencil cross in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, excessively rare and believed to be one of only seven known sets (6) £250-350
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $2 (2), ND (1981), prefixes EEC, EAA, purple, Elizabeth II at right, Hardie signature, also $1 and $2, 1967-75, brown and purple respectively (Pic 163, 164, 170as), uncirculated (4) £450-550
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $5, ND (1985), no serial numbers, signature S. T. Russell, orange on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse kowhai at left, tui at centre (Pick 171bp), choice about uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only seven known proofs in this format £220-280
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $5, ND (1985), serial number 000000, signature S. T. Russell, orange on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse kowhai at left, tui at centre (Pick 171bs), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a much rarer variety of specimen with zero serial numbers £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a set of progressive proofs for $10, ND (1981), comprising litho obverse 1st working, purple; litho obverse 2nd working, blue, pink and brown; litho obverse 3rd working, olive, blue and lilac; also litho reverse 1st working, yellow and blue; litho reverse 2nd working, mountain lily, blue and pink; litho obverse and reverse 3rd working, portrait of the Queen and print missing from obverse and kea missing from reverse, all printed on paper with watermark of Captain James Cook (Pick 172-progressive proofs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and excessively rare (6) £300-400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NBJ 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red three times on obverse and once on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN at left and right (Pick 172as), uncirculated, very scarce £140-220
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10 (3), ND (1981), prefixes NFY, NHG, NHG, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Hardie signature, two with red SPECIMEN overprint and perforation (Pic 172as), uncirculated (3) £500-700
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $10, ND (1981), no serial numbers, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172ap), pencil cross in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only five known proofs in this format £220-280
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1985), serial number 000000, signature S. T. Russell, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172bs), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a much rarer variety of specimen with zero serial numbers £220-280
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $10, ND (1985), no serial numbers, signature S. T. Russell, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172bp), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only five known proofs in this format £220-280
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $20, ND (1985), no serial numbers, signature S. T. Russell, green on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre (Pick 173bp), about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only four known proofs in this format £250-350
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $20, ND (1985), serial number 000000, signature S. T. Russell, green on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre (Pick 173bs), uncirculated and a much rarer variety of specimen with zero serial numbers £240-320
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a set of progressive proofs for $20, ND (1981), comprising litho obverse 1st working, blue and grey-green; litho obverse 2nd working, sage-green, brown and olive; litho obverse 3rd working, pink and lilac; also litho reverse 1st working, yellow, pink and green; litho reverse 2nd working, green, violet, blue and pink; litho obverse and reverse 3rd working, portrait of the Queen and print missing from obverse and pigeon missing from reverse, all printed on paper with watermark of Captain James Cook (Pick 173-progressive proofs), about uncirculated to uncirculated, excessively rare and believed to be one of only five known sets (6) £350-450
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a proposed issue of $50, ND (1988-), brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, signature of Donald T.Brash, reverse pale green and multicoloured, Fantail bird at centre (Pick unrecorded, Linz RBNZ unrecorded), there is a $50 with 'morepork owl' on reverse not a fantail. Unique (2) £1,000-1,500
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $100, ND (1985), no serial numbers, signature S. T. Russell, red on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain daisy at left, takahe at centre right (Pick 175bp), slightly rough edge to top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, an excessively rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only two known proofs in this format £800-1,200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $100, ND (1985), serial number 000000, signature S. T. Russell, red on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain daisy at left, takahe at centre right centre (Pick 175bs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a much rarer variety of specimen with zero serial numbers £700-900
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, proof $100, ND (1981), red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II , value tablets and script omitted from obverse, reverse complete with mountain daisy at left and takahe at centre (Pick 175p), good extremely fine to about uncirculated, extremely rare and believed to be one of only three known proofs in this format £300-500
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $100, ND (1985-1989), prefix YAB, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, Russell signature (Pick 175b, Linzmayer RBNZ B22b), in PMG holder 66 EPQ £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a full specimen set of the 1992-3 issue, comprising $5, orange-brown, Edmund Hillary at right, $10, blue, Kate Sheppard at right, $20, green, Elizabeth II at right, $50 purple, Sir Apirana Ngata at right, and $100, red, Lord Rutherford of Nelson at centre right, all with red SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 177s-181s, LNZ RBNZ B24s-B28s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a lovely set, rare (5) £2,500-3,000
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Banco Central de Nicaragua, specimen 100 cordobas, 1945, zero serial numbers, red on multicolour underprint, female allegory with fruit and altar at right, value at centre left and each corner, reverse olive-brown, blue SPECIMEN overprint, three cancellation holes (Pick 97s), pencil annotations on reverse, about uncirculated and scarce £200-250
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Banco Central de Nicaragua, specimen 500 cordobas, 1962, zero serial numbers black on multicolour underprint, R. Dario at centre, value at centre left and right, and each corner, reverse black, F. Hernandez Cordoba at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes (Pick 113s), pencil annotation on reverse, uncirculated and scarce £150-200
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Eastern Nigeria, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs showing design for a £1, ND (c.1967), black and white, leopard head at left, pipeline and gas storage at low centre, reverse ships and dockside cranes (unlisted), pencil date 2.1.67, no notes ever issued for Eastern Nigeria, so this is an important record as well as a beautiful design, unique and interesting (2) £350-450
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Norway, Thor Mohlen, 25 rixdaler kroner, 1695, serial number 200/B, black on cream paper with red wax seals, counterfoil removed and not present (Pick A3), previously horizontally folded, leaving ink impression on lower margin area, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £2,200-2,800
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Norges Bank, Norway, reverse uniface proof 1 Speciedaler, 1865-77, green and red; also reverse uniface proof 5 speciedaler, 1866-77, red, black and green, both crowned arms at centre, value set in ornate rectangular frame (Pick A47rp, A48rp), mounting traces, the first lower left corner missing, otherwise about uncirculated, the second splits along crease, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare (2) £100-200
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Norges Bank, Norway, an uncut pair of specimen 10 kroner, Trondheim, 18xx (ca 1877), no serial numbers, no signature, black on yellow and orange underprint, portrait of King Oscar II at left, seven coats of arms in circle at right, reverse yellow, value at centre and in each corner, medallic head at left, crowned arms at right, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON (Pick 2s (2)), about uncirculated to uncirculated and extremely rare, especially in this format £2,500-3,500
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Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 5 kroner, 1955, serial number X.0000000; also issued 5 kroner, 1955, serial number B.6270387, both signatures Brofoss and Thorp, blue on grey underprint, portrait of Fridtjof Nansen at left, value at centre, reverse fishing scene, the first perforated SPECIMEN diagonally twice (Pick 30s2, 30a), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second good extremely fine, the specimen very scarce (2) £200-250
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