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SAINT THOMAS and PRINCE - BILL : 20,000 (twenty thousand) DOBRAS 1996 - portrait of King Amador, leader of the slave revolt of 1595 and endemic bird "Camussela" - Verso: landscape, bay and coconut trees - NEW

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SAINT THOMAS and PRINCE - BILL : 20,000 (twenty thousand) DOBRAS 1996 - portrait of King Amador, leader of the slave revolt of 1595 and endemic bird "Camussela" - Verso: landscape, bay and coconut trees - NEW

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