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People's Republic brass Proof Pattern "Marco Polo" 100 Yuan 1982 PR68 Ultra Cameo NGC, Shenyang mint, KM-Unl. (cf. KM-Pn2 for 1983 gilt-bronze pattern), Cheng-Unl., CC-Unl., Zhengwen, "A Study of Marco Polo Gold and Silver Sample Coins", pg. 117 (this coin illustrated). 23mm. 6.1gm. Illustrating the Jiayu Pass in the Great Wall. Perhaps one of the rarest pattern issues of the early modern Chinese series and very likely unique. In 1982, work began on designing a new commemorative for the 100 Yuan coin, with three different patterns produced prior to the final adopted design in 1983. The first of these patterns, illustrated in the Illustrated Catalog of Shenyang Mint, featured an extended view of the Great Wall in the background of the obverse, while the wave design did not extend below an exergal line above the denomination on the reverse. The subsequent pattern, seen here, removed the design of the Great Wall on mountains from the obverse, with the wall surrounding the Jiayu Pass extending into the outer border, and extended the waves over the denomination on the reverse. On the final pattern series, the wall surrounding the Jiayu Pass no longer extended into the outer border, the date was appropriately changed to 1983, and size of the denomination was enlarged. This still differed from the adopted design, which shifted the angle of the pass, enlarged the text above it, and shifted the date from below to above the scene.
Serving as the illustration piece for the second pattern type described in Zhang Zhengwen's article on the coinage, the present offering may well be the only such pattern in private hands, and certainly represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the potential bidder to add this specimen to their collection before it disappears from the market for many years to come.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-people-s-republic-brass-proof-pattern-marco-polo-100-yuan-1982-pr68-ultra-cameo-ngc-/a/3084-30206.s?type=CoinArchives3084
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 100000-150000 USD
People's Republic brass Proof Pattern "Marco Polo" 100 Yuan 1982 PR68 Ultra Cameo NGC, Shenyang mint, KM-Unl. (cf. KM-Pn2 for 1983 gilt-bronze pattern), Cheng-Unl., CC-Unl., Zhengwen, "A Study of Marco Polo Gold and Silver Sample Coins", pg. 117 (this coin illustrated). 23mm. 6.1gm. Illustrating the Jiayu Pass in the Great Wall. Perhaps one of the rarest pattern issues of the early modern Chinese series and very likely unique. In 1982, work began on designing a new commemorative for the 100 Yuan coin, with three different patterns produced prior to the final adopted design in 1983. The first of these patterns, illustrated in the Illustrated Catalog of Shenyang Mint, featured an extended view of the Great Wall in the background of the obverse, while the wave design did not extend below an exergal line above the denomination on the reverse. The subsequent pattern, seen here, removed the design of the Great Wall on mountains from the obverse, with the wall surrounding the Jiayu Pass extending into the outer border, and extended the waves over the denomination on the reverse. On the final pattern series, the wall surrounding the Jiayu Pass no longer extended into the outer border, the date was appropriately changed to 1983, and size of the denomination was enlarged. This still differed from the adopted design, which shifted the angle of the pass, enlarged the text above it, and shifted the date from below to above the scene.
Serving as the illustration piece for the second pattern type described in Zhang Zhengwen's article on the coinage, the present offering may well be the only such pattern in private hands, and certainly represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the potential bidder to add this specimen to their collection before it disappears from the market for many years to come.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-people-s-republic-brass-proof-pattern-marco-polo-100-yuan-1982-pr68-ultra-cameo-ngc-/a/3084-30206.s?type=CoinArchives3084
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 100000-150000 USD