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Sikh Empire: Anonymous (VS 1885) AE Paisa, Amritsar (Herrli 01.35; KM#7.6)Obv: Gurmukhi legend - ਅਕਾਲ ਸਹਾਇ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀ (May God help the illustrious Guru Nanak); katar right in the obverse center
Rev: Gurmukhi legend - ਜਰਬ ਸਰੀ ਅ਼ਬ ਰਤਸਰ ਜੀ ੧८८५ (Struck at the illustrious Amritsar in VS 1885); leaf between legends
Dim: 9.16g
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 5 Cash (C#171a.1)Obv: Elephant to left with trunk upraised; Kannada legend above - ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ (Sri Chamundi) with sun and moon between ಶ್ರೀ (Sri); the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna); ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ೫ (Mayili Kasu 5), V CASH in English below, enclosed in lined circleQuant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 5 Cash (C#191.2)Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend ಶ್ರೀ (Sri) between the sun and moon above; date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; 5 in English to the left, enclosed in lined circleQuant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 10 Cash (C#192.2)Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend ಶ್ರೀ (Sri) between the sun and moon above; date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; retrograde 10 in English to the left, enclosed in lined circleQuant.Geek
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SIKH EMPIRE: AE ¼ anna (7.35g), Amritsar, VS(18)96, KM-5var, Herrli-01.31, small cross in obverse field, pa anna nanakshahi on reverse, lovely strike, gorgeous EF, R, ex Paul Stevens Collection. Herrli divided these into a paisa (=¼ anna) and half paisa (11-12g, and 5.5g, respectively), but all coins are inscribed "pa anna" for ¼ anna, and all weigh in the range of 7.0g to 8.5g; thus there is only one denomination for this type.
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SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa (11.77g), Amritsar, VS(188)0, KM-4, Herrli-01.30.11Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) Æ Dam, Dogaon, 984AH (KM 28.18; Liddle Type C-1)Obv: Denomination and mint formula
Rev: Hijri date in Persian
From the collection of the late Manzoor Mirza
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Princely States of India, Indore: British Protectorate (AH1173-1221 / 1759-1806) AR ¼ rupee, Maheshwar, AH1208 (KM#56.2)Quant.Geek
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Princely States of India, Gwalior: Daulat Rao (1794-1827) AR Rupee, RY3 (KM-22)Quant.Geek
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Princely States of India, Chamba: Charhat Singh (1808-1844) AE paisa, Mudra, ND (KM-3)Quant.Geek
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Princely States of India, Gwalior: Anonymous (1825-1829) AE Paisa Bhilsa, AH1243 (SB-2.6)Quant.Geek
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Princely States of India, Gwalior: Anonymous (1825-1829) AE Paisa, Bhilsa, AH124x (SB-2.8)Quant.Geek
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Princely States of India, Gwalior: Anonymous (1825-1829) AE Paisa, Bhilsa, ND (SB-2.1)Quant.Geek
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Bindraban: i.n.o Shah Alam II (1760-1806) Æ Paisa, Mu'minabad, AH1212 RY40 (KM#5)Obv: Persian legend around a central fish, ✶ above س in julus; ضرب مؤمن اباد جلوس ۴۰ (Zarb Mu'minabad, julus 40)
Rev: Persian legend in three lines; ۱۲۱۲ شاه عالم بادشاه غازي سكه مبارك (The auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Shah Alam, AH1212)
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Tripura: Rajadhara Manikya (1586-1599) AR Tanka, citing Queen Satyavati (RB-185; KM#97)Obv: lion facing left, standard (type o) above, date below, all within circle and outer border of circles with pellets
Rev: in four lines: Śri Śri Yuta Raja/dhara Manikya De/va Śri Satyava/ti Maha Devyau within square with ornaments outside
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Tripura, Rajadhara Manikya, Tanka, 10.58g, Sk 1508, citing Queen Satyavati, similar to previous lot but different standard (type 'p'?), and no bead to the left of it (RB. 178; KM. 97)Quant.Geek
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Tripura, Amara Manikya, Tanka, 10.61g, Sk 1499, citing Queen Amaravati, similar to previous lot, but standard type 'k', small pellet in front of lion, and Śake divided by lion's front foot (RB. 161; KM. 90)Quant.Geek
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Tripura, Udaya Manikya, Tanka, 11.16g, Sk 1489, citing Queen Hira, as previous lot, but border of arches on the obverse points right rather than left, no bead in front of lion, none of the date behind lion's back leg; reverse legend arranged slightly differently: Śri Śri Yutoda/ya Manikya/ Deva Śri Hi/ra Maha Devyau (RB. 136; KM. 79)Quant.Geek
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Mewar: Anonymous AR Rupee, Udaipur Mint (KM#Y-22.2)MEWAR: AR rupee, Udaipur, VS1986, Y-22.2, "Friend of London" series, NGC graded Quant.Geek
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Jaipur: Madho Singh II (1880-1922) AR Nazarana Rupee (KM#147)Quant.Geek
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Maratha Confederacy: Anonymous (18th c.) AR Rupee, Alinagar Mint (Unlisted)Quant.Geek
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Awadh: Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar (1819-1827) AR Rupee, Lucknow Mint (KM#165.1)Quant.Geek
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Bhaunagar: Anonymous (ca. 19th century) AR Rupee, Surat Mint (See KM#76 under French India)Under Krause, this is listed as a French Rupee that was struck at Surat. However, Surat was never under the French authority and hence that section is incorrect. Tentatively attributed to Bhaunagar.Quant.Geek
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Jodhpur: Jaswant Singh (1873-1895) AR 1/8 rupee (KM-73)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) AR Rupee, Ahmadabad Mint (KM#94.2)Quant.Geek
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Assam: Gadadhara Simha (1681-1696) AR Rupee (KM#33; RB-E6.4)Quant.Geek
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Obv: الله اکبر جل جلاله; (Allahu Akbar Jalle Jalalahu; God is Greatest; His Glory is Great)
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Mughal Empire: Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1748-1754) AR Rupee, Bareli Mint (KM#446.21)Quant.Geek
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Indore: Anonymous (ca. 18th Century) AR ½ Rupee, Maheshwar Mint (KM#57.1)Quant.Geek
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Nawanagar: Vibhaji (1852-1894) AR kori, VS1936 (1879), (KM#20)Quant.Geek
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Sirmur: Fath Prakash (1815-1833) Æ Paisa, Nahan, VS1877 (KM#11)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Shah Jahan (1628-1658) AR Shahrukhi, Balkh Mint (KM#220.1)Obv: Kalima in Persian, لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله (There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah), in multiple lines within a dotted rectangular boarder.
Rev: Persian legend, شاه جهان پادشاه قاضی (Shahjahan Badshah Ghazi), arranged in two lines within a dotted rectangular boarder.
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Mughal Empire: Muhammad Jahangir (1605-1628) AR Rupee, Qandahar Mint (KM#142.2)Obv: Multiline Persian legend - سکا قندهار شود دلخواه (The coin of Qandahar became attractive);
Rev: Multiline Persian legend - از جهانگیر شاه اکبر شاه (through Jahangir Shah, son of Akbar Shah);Quant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AR 1/4 Rupee (C#205) Obv: Persian legend in multiple lines - سک زد بر هفت کشور سید فضل الله خامی دین محمد شاه علم بادشاه (Sikka zad bar haft kashur saya fazl al khami din Muhammad Shah Alam badshah; Defender of the Muhammadan faith, Reflection of Divine excellence, the Emperor Shah Alam struck this coin to be current throughout the seven climates)
Rev: Persian legend in multiple lines with regal year - ضرب میسور سن ۴۸ جلوس میمنت مانوس (zarb Mahisur san 44 julus mayimanat manus; Struck at Mysore in the 44th year of the auspicious reign)
References
Thurston, E., Coins: Catalogue No. 1, Mysore, Government Central Museum, 1888
Rice, Benjamin L., Mysore: A Gazetter Compiled for Government - Vol. I Mysore in General, Archibald, Constable and Company, 1897Quant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 20 Cash (C#177)Obv: Elephant caparisoned standing to left; Kannada legend ಶ್ರೀ (Sri) between the sun and moon above; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: Kannada legend ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು (Mayili Kasu ippattu) in two lines; XX CASH in English below, enclosed in lined circle. Quant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 20 Cash (C#193.1)Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend above - ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ (Sri Chamundi) with sun and moon between ಶ್ರೀ (Sri); date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ೨೦ (Mayili Kasu 20) , MILAY XX CASH in margin, enclosed in lined circle.Quant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AE 20 Cash (C#193.2) Obv: Lion to the left with right paw upraised; Kannada legend above - ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ (Sri Chamundi) with sun and moon between ಶ್ರೀ (Sri); date below the lion; the whole enclosed in lined circle and ring of dots.
Rev: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (Krishna) and ضرب میسور (Struck at Mysore) on the field; ಮಯಿಲಿ ಕಾಸು ೨೦ (Mayili Kasu 20) , MEILEE/MILEE/MILAY XX CASH in margin, enclosed in lined circle.
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AR 1/3 Pavali (C#200; Jackson-537)Obv: A dancing figure of Chamundi in a circle of dots.
Rev: Kannada legend in three lines: ಮಯಿಲಿ ಹಣ (Mayili Hana).
The word Mayili is thought to be connected with an old Kannada word meaning "token".
References
Jackson, R. P. 1909. Coin Collecting in Mysore. BNJ. 287-340
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AR 2/3 Pavali (C#201; Jackson-536)Obv: A dancing figure of Chamundi in a circle of dots.
Rev: Kannada legend in three lines: ಮಯಿಲಿ ಹಣ (Mayili Hana).
The word Mayili is thought to be connected with an old Kannada word meaning "token".
References
Jackson, R. P. 1909. Coin Collecting in Mysore. BNJ. 287-340
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868) AR 1/3 Pavali (C#200; Jackson-537) Obv: A dancing figure of Chamundi in a circle of dots.
Rev: Kannada legend in three lines: ಮಯಿಲಿ ಹಣ (Mayili Hana).
The word Mayili is thought to be connected with an old Kannada word meaning "token".
References
Jackson, R. P. 1909. Coin Collecting in Mysore. BNJ. 287-340
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Mysore: Tipu Sultan (1782-1799) AE ½ Paisa, AM1222, Patan Mint (KM#122.2)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Humayun (1530-1556) AR Mitqal , Agra Mint (Hull-1173)Obverse
In Central Circle: لا اله الا الله Ù…Øمد رسول الله / الله يرزق من يشاء بغير Øساب (la ilah illa allah muhammad rasul allah / allah yarzuq man yasha’ bi-ghayr hisab)
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In Octafoil:
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Mysore: Tipu Sultan (1782-1799) AE Paisa, Farrukhyab Hisar (KM#63.1)Quant.Geek
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Arakan: Min Khamaung (1612-1622) AR Tanka (Mitchiner-LW.334; G&G-RA4; KM#7)Obv: Inscription in Arakanese; ၉၇၄ ဆင်ဖြူ သခင် ၀ရဓမ္မ ရာဇာ ဥသှေင် သှာ (hsin byu shin waradhamma raza ushaung shah; Lord of the White Elephant Waradhamma Raja Husain Shah)
Rev: Bilingual inscription in Arabic and Bengali; صاحب الفيل الابيض الملك العادل حسين شاه سلطان (sahib al-fil al-abyad al-malik al-adil husain shah sultan; Lord of the White Elephant the just king Husain Shah sultan); ধাভালা গাজেস্ভারা শ্রী শ্রী ধামা রাজা হুচনা সহ (dhavala gajesvara sri sri dhama raja huchana saha; Lord of the White Elephant the most exhalted Dhama Raja (King of Righteousness) Husain Shah)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) AR Rupee, Ahmadabad Mint (KM#80.2)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) AR Rupee (KM-80.x)Quant.Geek
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Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1810-1868) AR Rupee (C#207)Obv: Persian legend in multiple lines - سک زد بر هفت کشور سید فضل الله خامی دین محمد شاه علم بادشاه (Sikka zad bar haft kashur saya fazl al khami din Muhammad Shah Alam badshah; Defender of the Muhammadan faith, Reflection of Divine excellence, the Emperor Shah Alam struck this coin to be current throughout the seven climates)
Rev: Persian legend in multiple lines with regal year - ضرب میسور سن ۴۸ جلوس میمنت مانوس (zarb Mahisur san 48 julus mayimanat manus; Struck at Mysore in the 48th year of the auspicious reign)
References
Thurston, E., Coins: Catalogue No. 1, Mysore, Government Central Museum, 1888
Rice, Benjamin L., Mysore: A Gazetter Compiled for Government - Vol. I Mysore in General, Archibald, Constable and Company, 1897
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Assam: Lakshmi Simha (1769-1780) Rupee (RB-Q27, KM#182)Obv: Assamese script with invocation to Śiva and Parvati: Śri Śri Hara/ Gauri Charanara/vinda Makaranda/ Madhukarasya
Rev: Śri Śri Svarga/ Deva Śri Laksmi/ Simha Nripasya / Śake date 1694, lion running right, below
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Assam: Lakshmi Simha (1769-1780) ¼ Rupee (RB-Q50, KM#176)Obv: Åšri Åšri La/ksmi Simha/ Nrpasya
Rev: Åšake / 1695
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Tripura: Ratna Manikya II (1685-1693 & 1695-1712) ¼ Tanka (RB-224, KM-164)Obv: lion facing left, crescent and bead above, date below, within circle and border of pellets
Rev: in three lines: Åšri Åšri Yu/ta [lingam] Ra/tna Devah in square with ornaments outside
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Tripura: Udaya Manikya (1567- 1573) Tanka (RB-133, KM-79), citing Queen HiraObv: lion facing left, standard above, date below, but 89 of the date is behind the lion's back leg, within a circle and border of sloping arches
Rev: in four lines: Śri Śri Yutoda/ya Manikya/ Deva Śri Hira/ Maha Devyau within square with ornaments outside
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) AR Tanka, Mandu Mint (KM-75.2var)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Selim Shah (1605) AR Rupee, Ahmadabad Mint, Ilahi 50 (KM-140.1)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Farrukhsiyar (1713-1719) AV ½ Fanam, Karpa Mint (KM-B380)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Alamgir II (1754-1759) AV ½ Fanam, NM (KM-B468)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Alamgir II (1754-1759) AV Fanam, Balapur Mint (KM-A468.1)Quant.Geek
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Mughal Empire: Akbar I (1556-1605) AR Rupee, Ilahi 33 (KM-91.1)Obv: الله اکبر; Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest)
Rev: جل جلاله ٣٣ الهی; Jalle Jalalahu, Ilahi 33 (His Glory is Great, Ilahi 33)Quant.Geek
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Cooch Behar: Nara Narayan (1555-1587) AR Rupee, SE1477 (KM-34)Quant.Geek
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Arakan: Narapadigyi (1638-1645) AR Tanka (Mitchiner-352; Phayre: plate I, 7)Same inscription on both sides of the coin. Phayre's verbatim transliteration / translation follows:
1000 Cheng phyu Sakheng Narabadigyi (BE1000 Lord of the white elephant, Narabadigyi)
Unicode Burmese inscription (will only display correctly if you have working Unicode 5.1 fonts for Burmese like Padauk):
၁၀၀၀ သင်ဖြူ သခင် နာရာဗ တီကြီQuant.Geek
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Arakan: Thado (1645-1652) AR Tanka (Mitchiner-358)Same inscription on both sides of the coin. Phayre's verbatim transliteration / translation follows:
1007 Cheng ni Sakheng Cheng phyu Sakheng Sado Meng Tara (BE1007 Lord of the red elephant, lord of the white elephant, Sa-do Meng Tara (Illustrious King of Justice))
Unicode Burmese inscription (will only display if you have Unicode 5.1 fonts for Burmese like Padauk):
၁၀၀၇ ဆင်နီ သခင် ဆင် ဖြူသခင် သတိုစ် မင်တရား
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Awadh: Amjad Ali Shah (1842-1847) AR 1/8 Rupee, Lucknow Mint (KM#330)Quant.Geek
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Maratha Confederacy: Anonymous (18th c.) AE Cash, Gurramkonda Mint (M&W-T2)Obv: Two riders on horseback, prancing right
Rev: Symbol within ornate squareQuant.Geek
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