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This website describes a Peerless necklace as cultured akoya pearls, but I do t know how reliable it is: https://www.beryllane.com.au/shop-mobile/pearl-jewellery-mobile/product/236-vintage-graduated-cultured-akoya-pearl-strand/related_product-203

I have a single strand “Peerless Pearl” necklace purchased for my great aunt’s birthday in 1982 in Australia (it still has the dated card in it). The card is signed and it looks like several family members pooled together to buy them, suggesting that they were reasonably expensive. They are...