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Hong Kong Signature Sale 3050 8-9 December 2016
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Taiwan. Chang Wen "Old Man" Dollar ND (1838-1850) AU Details (Chopmarks, Cleaned) NGC, Kann-1a, L&M-319, KM-C25.3. Obv. God of Longevity. Rev. Sacrificial vase. Some light cleaning on this popular type, regularly found heavily chopmarked, which isn't the case here, with only a few marks on each side. Struck in order to alleviate the silver coinage shortage in the mid-19th century, this type was set roughly to the standard of the Spanish 8 Reales, and became the regular tolerance well into the Republic.
Estimate: 8000-10000 USD
Taiwan. Chang Wen "Old Man" Dollar ND (1838-1850) AU Details (Chopmarks, Cleaned) NGC, Kann-1a, L&M-319, KM-C25.3. Obv. God of Longevity. Rev. Sacrificial vase. Some light cleaning on this popular type, regularly found heavily chopmarked, which isn't the case here, with only a few marks on each side. Struck in order to alleviate the silver coinage shortage in the mid-19th century, this type was set roughly to the standard of the Spanish 8 Reales, and became the regular tolerance well into the Republic.
Estimate: 8000-10000 USD