~~~ in a Paris shop that were mixed in with hundreds of other plaques from casinos in both Nice and Menton, of which most being unknown previously... but, too many for me to mess with at the time since Ì was only buying and selling the super rare which did not exist in any of the World's most complete collections in Europe and Asia.
Of the 10, there were only about 5 that were still in their original state of preservation while the others had contact blemish which was only in the red field, seen here.
It took a little doing in latching on to all 10 examples while also buying ten each of the other plaques.
There wasn't any secret at the time regarding quantity of the other plaques which I placed in a matter of days along with passing on two examples of thes as gifts and selling a couple
What's left is available in trade for MOP.
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