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Hong Kong Signature Sale 3084 12-13 Jul 2020
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Republic Sun Yat-sen "Upper Five-Pointed Stars/Dot Below Ear" Memento Dollar ND (1927) AU58 NGC, KM-Y318.1 (1912), L&M-48 (1928), Kann-600b, WS-0158 (1927), Wenchao-891 (rarity 2 stars; same). Five-Pointed upper stars variety with dot below ear. Founding of the Republic commemorative. Among the rarest of the myriad "Memento" dollar varieties, seen here with a laudably full strike that expresses only the slightest softness towards the centers. Despite debate and disagreement over the dating the the issue--with both Lin and Ma and NGC dating the issue to 1928, while the Standard Catalog of World Coins and PCGS place it at 1912--more modern scholarship points to 1927 as the date of production, coinciding with the 16th anniversary of the People's Republic, and also marking the first usage of the "Memento" legend on the coins prior to the adoption of the 6-pointed stars design later the same year.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 2000-3000 USD
Republic Sun Yat-sen "Upper Five-Pointed Stars/Dot Below Ear" Memento Dollar ND (1927) AU58 NGC, KM-Y318.1 (1912), L&M-48 (1928), Kann-600b, WS-0158 (1927), Wenchao-891 (rarity 2 stars; same). Five-Pointed upper stars variety with dot below ear. Founding of the Republic commemorative. Among the rarest of the myriad "Memento" dollar varieties, seen here with a laudably full strike that expresses only the slightest softness towards the centers. Despite debate and disagreement over the dating the the issue--with both Lin and Ma and NGC dating the issue to 1928, while the Standard Catalog of World Coins and PCGS place it at 1912--more modern scholarship points to 1927 as the date of production, coinciding with the 16th anniversary of the People's Republic, and also marking the first usage of the "Memento" legend on the coins prior to the adoption of the 6-pointed stars design later the same year.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-republic-sun-yat-sen-upper-five-pointed-stars-dot-below-ear-memento-dollar-nd-1927-au58-ngc-/a/3084-30194.s?type=CoinArchives3084
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 2000-3000 USD