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January 2020 NYINC Auction 20-22 Jan 2020
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CHINA. Freedom Dollar, ND (1989). Host Coin: EXTREMELY FINE; Countermark: UNCIRCULATED.
Anti-Communist symbol and peripheral Chinese legend countermark on the obverse of a Chinese ND (1927) Memento Dollar; Reverse: Same central symbol, peripheral legend in English - "CHINA FREEDOM DOLLAR SUPPORT THE FEDERATION SAVE THE STUDENTS". These pieces were made following the 1989 Tian An Men Square massacre in Beijing by The Berkeley Chinese Students & Scholars Association (B.C.S.S.A.) to help raise funds for Chinese exchange students stranded in the USA. Undertype is nicely toned while the countermark is fully lustrous and attractive. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS.
From the Newmark Collection.
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00
Anti-Communist symbol and peripheral Chinese legend countermark on the obverse of a Chinese ND (1927) Memento Dollar; Reverse: Same central symbol, peripheral legend in English - "CHINA FREEDOM DOLLAR SUPPORT THE FEDERATION SAVE THE STUDENTS". These pieces were made following the 1989 Tian An Men Square massacre in Beijing by The Berkeley Chinese Students & Scholars Association (B.C.S.S.A.) to help raise funds for Chinese exchange students stranded in the USA. Undertype is nicely toned while the countermark is fully lustrous and attractive. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS.
From the Newmark Collection.
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00