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Republic (1937-, Florin, 1954, rev. uvf in small block capitals. Very fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Countermarked Propaganda Coins.

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The original Ulster Volunteer Force was a Unionist militia formed to block Irish Home Rule in 1912. The UVF in its current incarnation dates back to 1966, with particular concentrations in east Antrim, co Armagh and the Shankill district of Belfast