China
Manchurian Provinces. Kuang-hsü 20 Cents ND (c. 1908) MS66 PCGS, KM-Y210A.1, L&M-492. Occasionally one will see a coin that appears so immaculate that one would, if not for any pre-existing knowledge, assume that it had been struck just the day before. If any coin is so, it is certainly this example, possessing the good fortune of exhibiting both sharply struck features, lightening only ever so slightly toward the very uppermost periphery, as well as a gorgeous mint frost covering the entirety of the fields. Truly superb.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD