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Hong Kong Signature Sale 3055 22-23 Jun 2017
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Republic Sun Yat-sen Pattern "Mausoleum" Dollar Year 16 (1927) AU58 NGC, Kann-609, L&M-85. Designed by Richard Placht of the Vienna mint and struck in a very limited run of approximately 480 pieces, this remarkable pattern issue was struck upon the death of Sun Yat-sen and was ultimately rejected as the engraver had poor drawings of the yet-to-be-built mausoleum to work from and his likeness of the former president was considered to be inaccurate. Despite that, or perhaps because of that, this issue remains ever-popular with collectors of Chinese Patterns. The present offering displays faint pearlescent tone and scattered but minor handling commensurate with the certified grade.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 16000-20000 USD
Republic Sun Yat-sen Pattern "Mausoleum" Dollar Year 16 (1927) AU58 NGC, Kann-609, L&M-85. Designed by Richard Placht of the Vienna mint and struck in a very limited run of approximately 480 pieces, this remarkable pattern issue was struck upon the death of Sun Yat-sen and was ultimately rejected as the engraver had poor drawings of the yet-to-be-built mausoleum to work from and his likeness of the former president was considered to be inaccurate. Despite that, or perhaps because of that, this issue remains ever-popular with collectors of Chinese Patterns. The present offering displays faint pearlescent tone and scattered but minor handling commensurate with the certified grade.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 16000-20000 USD